Also taira. [Tupi taira.] Native name in Brazil of a mammal of the weasel family, Galera (or Galictis) barbara.
1854. Zoologist, XII. 4283. The Tayra is another American form, whose marten-like agility renders it always conspicuous.
1896. List of Animals Zool. Soc., 85. Galictis barbara (Linn.). Tayra … South America.
