Eira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)

Costa, Ana Raíssa Cunha, Passamani, Marcelo & da Cunha, Rogério Grassetto Teixeira, 2019, Survey of medium-sized and large mammals in semideciduous Atlantic Forest patches near Alfenas, southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, Check List 15 (1), pp. 209-218 : 213

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.1.209

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Eira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Eira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Figure 4E

Material examined. Table 1.

Identification. Eira barbara is a medium-sized mustelid with a long body and neck, short, dorsoventrally flattened, head and short, round ears. Its pelage is dark brown with the head lighter than the dorsum and a whitish spot on the throat. The tail is long, dark and has long hairs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Eira

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