Eira Smith 1842 (tayra)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 159113
Invalid subtaxa: Galera Browne 1789 [replaced name] (no. 233618), Tayra Palmer 1904 (no. 233615)
Parent taxon: Mustelinae according to S. J. Presley 2000
Sister taxa: Dinogale, Lartetictis, Legionarictis, Martes, Mustela, Mustelini, Tisisthenes, Vormela
Subtaxa: Eira barbara
Ecology: scansorial insectivore