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TAYRA FACTS
Description
The Tayra is a weasel with a long, bushy tail and long neck with stocky head. The body is usually dark brown, and the head is paler brown. There is usually a white patch on its throat.
Tayra
Mammal. The tayra is a solitary mammal who lives in the forest, in hollow trees, logs or burrows made by other animals. Tayras are omnivorous and have long claws and sharp canine teeth.
Tayras live in the tropical forests of Central America, South America and on the island of Trinidad. They eat mainly fruit, but also carrion, small mammals and birds. They live in hollow trees, burrows in the ground, or nests of tall grass.
Tayra (E. barbara)
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Eira barbara (Tayra)
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Family group: Solitary.
Diet: Mainly leaves, also buds, shoots, fruit, fungi, and grasses.
Main Predators: Humans, jaguar, puma, tayra, feral dogs, eagles, large snakes.
Distribution Forest thickets near water throughout Central and South America.
Mustelids include 65 species (and 25 genera) of weasels, badgers, ferrets, fishers, grisons, martens, otters, polecats, stoats, minks, tayras, wolverines, and more.
They mark their territory and travel routes with special scent marking from glands located on the chest and belly. They are found alone or sometimes in small groups. Enemies of the Kinkajou are the Fox, Tayra, Margay, Jaguar, Ocelot, ...
It is now believed that it may be the tayra (Eira barbara) - a small weasel-type of animal - that has learned to dig tamarins out of their nest holes where they rest at night. (Franklin & Dietz 2001, Natl. Zoo 2004a, WWF 2004) ...
 See also: Jaguar, Ocelot, Weasel, Ermine, Leopard
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