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Tayra

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Your photo convinced me...I stand corrected...thank you. I guess that is what this site is all about...

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Tayra

Eira barbara

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Carolina
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Comments (7)
Carolina
I'm glad I helped and you're right, here we can learn from each other thank you fro joining! :)
Carolina
There is almost 10 subspecies of Tayra, so I don't think we can identify it by color. I'm thinking Eira barbara inserta, take a look a this photo: http://bit.ly/jW3TqU
MatthewKritzer
The animal seemed to me to be larger. I saw no white patch under the neck and the tail seems longer and sleeker...the ears are set higher on the head rather than off to the side...but I may be wrong...
Carolina
And the long neck. The Jaguarundi looks more like a cat.
Jonathan Sequeira
I agree with Carolina. the bushy tail is a characteristic of the Tayra....
Carolina
Matthew are you sure it was a Jaguarundi? It looks like a Tayra to me! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayra
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PublishedMay 7, 2011

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