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TAYRA Eira barbara
Essentially a giant weasel, the tayra is an adaptable omnivore found in a variety of habitats across Paraguay. They are identified by their mostly black body colour and variably pale head, occasionally wholly buffy-yellow like the individual in the images, but almost as often with the pale colouration restricted to the throat. Though a brief glimpse may suggest a cat (the species is frequently mistaken for a Jaguarundi), the hopping, weasel-like gait gives his identity away!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM846PH) Adult, Cerro León, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM847PH) Same individual (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM848PH) Same individual (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM849PH) Same individual (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM850PH) Same individual (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM450PH) Adult, Zoologico de Asunción, Departamento Central (Paul Smith July 2007).
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM451PH) Same individual dorsal view (Paul Smith July 2007).
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM452PH) Same individual (Paul Smith July 2007).
VIDEO - (FPMAM854VI) Adult and two immatures, Cerro León, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith September 2010).
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