Eira barbara senilis

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Eira barbara senilis is a name used for a subspecies of the tayra, a member of the weasel family. Its name originated with J. A. Allen in 1913, in the combination Tayra barbara senilis. The nomenclatural record associates its type locality with Río de Oro, Manabí, Ecuador.^[1]

Allen published the name in “New mammals from Colombia and Ecuador”, on page 484.^[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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