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Tayra

Eira barbara

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 52, February 32, March 50, April 22, May 19, June 33, July 20, August 33, September 24, October 19, November 24, December 35.
Ecuador363
Brazil349
Costa Rica288
Colombia271
Pichincha204
Mexico152
Provincia Puntarenas119
Sao Paulo89
Peru88
Antioquia59

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyMustelids · Mustelidae
GenusTayras · Eira

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Tayra with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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