Eira barbara ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Torres-Porras, Jeronimo, Cobos, Marlon E, Seoane, José Manuel & Aguirre, Nikolay, 2017, Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador, Check List 13 (4), pp. 35-45 : 40

Eira barbara ( Linnaeus, 1758) : Figure 5

Mustela barbara Linnaeus 1758 .

Eira barbara — Tirira 2007, Cuarón et al. 2016a.

Material examined: Table 1; Figure 5.

Short, thick and glossy pelage; dorsum dark brown to blackish, including limbs and tail; the ventral region is dark brown, with a yellow orange stain on the throat; head and neck may be yellowish brown, cream or cinnamon, a coloration that contrasts strongly with the rest of the body; middle face, naked and blackish snout, and large eyes; small ears and rounded and of the same color of the head; long tail (reaches 60% of the length of head and body together) and black ( Tirira 2007).