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Tayras
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Tayras

Eira

The tayra (Eira barbara), is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family, native to the Americas. It is the only species in the genus Eira.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Tayra

speciesEira barbara

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tayras in De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

Willem Piso · 1658 · p.182

Tayras in Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.79

Tayras in History of Rare Plants

History of Rare Plants

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.96

Tayras in Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.102

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41773.