Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Tayra FAMILY - Mustelidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Eira barbara senex REFERENCES - 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat. 10 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 - Comments on Status 3* CITES III (Honduras) District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 20 Slate Creek Preserve 17 Chiquibul National Park Dry season 13 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 12 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 11 Shipstern Nature Reserve 10 Bladen Nature Reserve 8 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 7 Columbia River Forest Reserve 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Manatee Forest Reserve Sighting Wet season 14 Private land, see comments Sighting Wet season 15 Gallon Jug Sighting 18 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Sighting Wet season 19 Gallon Jug Collected as voucher December 21 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 20 Hydrologic Association Reference Roaring Creek 19 South Stann Creek 16 Macal River 12 Mussel Creek 9 Mullins River Drainage 14 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 14 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 15 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 12 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 10 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 18 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 20 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 20 Subtropical moist 21 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 19 General Distribution Comments 20* ROM Rockstone Pond 19* NE portion TMNR 15* Gold Button Ranch 7* "minimum of 4 ind.; low number of sign and sightings" 8* one sighting References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 2:1004-1005 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.318 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.144-145 5 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 6 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 7 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 8 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p. 21 9 Weyer, D. 1994. Proposal to Establish the Mussel Creek Drainage as a Wildlife Sanctuary. p.18 10 Meerman, J. C. 1993. Mammals of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2:11, pp.83-85 11 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 12 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 13 Matola, S., ed. 1992. The Maya Divide Expedition 1-15 May. Unpub. report 14 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 15 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 16 Crease, A.J. 1989. Exercise King Vulture III, The British Army Bird Watching Society Expedition to Belize, February - March. 17 Meerman, J. C. 1994. Unpublished data, Slate Creek Preserve. 18 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 19 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 20 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. Oct. 1, 1995. 21 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner.
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