Eira barbara (Linnaeus 1758) [Mustela] barbara Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 46. Type Locality: "Brasilia," restricted by Lönnberg (1913) to " Pernambuco.". Vernacular Names: Tayra. Subspecies:: Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. barbara Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. biologiae Thomas 1900 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. inserta J. A. Allen 1908 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. madeirensis Lönnberg 1913 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. peruana Tschudi 1844 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. poliocephala Traill 1821 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. senex Thomas 1900 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. senilis J. A. Allen 1913 Subspecies Eira barbara subsp. sinuensis Humboldt 1812 Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Sinaloa and Tamaulipas), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, Venezuela. Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Honduras); IUCN – Vulnerable as E. b. senex, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Reviewed by Thomas (1900 a), Lönnberg (1913), and Presley (2000). Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957), Hall (1981), and Presley (2000).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 606, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519