Mammals > Mustelids & Carnivorans
OverviewThe Tayra (Eira barbara), known throughout Latin America as the tolomuco, comadreja grande, or perico ligero, is a robust, athletic, medium-sized neotropical mustelid and the sole extant member of the genus Eira. Widely distributed across Central and South...
Mammals > Mustelids & Carnivorans
OverviewThe Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), celebrated in Spanish as lobo de río (‘river wolf’) and in Portuguese as ariranha, is the world’s longest mustelid and the sole living species in the genus Pteronura. Endemic to the vast freshwater...
