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Eira barbara poliocephala

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Eira barbara poliocephala is a name used for a subspecies of the tayra, a member of the weasel family. Its name originated with Thomas Stewart Traill in 1821, in the combination Viverra poliocephalus. The nomenclatural record associates its type locality with Demerara, in present-day Guyana.[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. ↑ Mammal Diversity Database (2026). Eira barbara. Species and nomenclatural records in version 2.5, 28 July 2026.
  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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