Eira barbara peruana

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Eira barbara peruana is a name used for a subspecies of the tayra, a member of the weasel family. Its name originated with Alfred Nehring in 1886, in the combination Galictis barbara peruana. The nomenclatural record associates its type locality with Peru.^[1]

The current nomenclatural record attributes the available name to Nehring in 1886. It treats Tschudi’s earlier 1844 use as a nomen nudum: a published name that did not then meet the requirements for availability. Older references can therefore give a different author and date.^[1]

The name appears in the Mammal Diversity Database’s 2026 subspecies list. The tayra account explains the competing classifications; a skull study challenged the traditional boundaries.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mammal Diversity Database (2026). Eira barbara. Species and nomenclatural records in version 2.5, 28 July 2026.
↑ Schiaffini, Mauro Ignacio (2020). “Are subspecies (of Eira barbara) real?”. Journal of Mammalogy 101(5):1410–1425. Author repository full text.

[mdd-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mammal Diversity Database (2026). Eira barbara. Species and nomenclatural records in version 2.5, 28 July 2026.

[sch-2] Schiaffini, Mauro Ignacio (2020). “Are subspecies (of Eira barbara) real?”. Journal of Mammalogy 101(5):1410–1425. Author repository full text.

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