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Tayra bärbara irara J. A. Allén. 



The specimens in the British Museum of this subspecies 

 were from Merida, Venezuela. The majority of them were 

 provided with a whitish patch of much vårsång size on the 

 withers, just as Allén has described. 



A male in this series, which was provided with a small 

 dorsal spöt, had a zygomatic width of the skull which was 

 larger (69 mm) than that of Allen's type, but the interor- 

 bital breadth, 26 mm, was nearly the same as that of the type 

 (25,5 mm), and the upper molar series measured 23 mm. 



I am inclined to think that the specimen described above 

 from Camino de Chone also belongs to T. b. irara, with which 

 it agrees in general colouration and outer appearence. This 

 assumption is confirmed by a statement made by Consul 

 Söderström on the label reading: »The male with a bright 

 yellow patch on the back. » 



The type locality of T. bärbara irara is »Santa Marta 

 District, Colombia.» With the addition of the localities men- 

 tioned above it will appear that this subspecies inhabits the 

 forest region of north western South America — Venezuela, 

 Colombia, Ecuador — on the western resp. northern side of 

 the Andes mountains, not ascending to any very great al- 

 titude. 



Tayara bärbara peruana Tschudi. 



Three female Tayras in the British^Museum from three 

 different localities in Peru are very similar inter se and may 

 possibly represent the above mentioned race. They have 

 the body blackish brown, and the head and the neck greyish 

 umber-brown with no sharp line of demarcation. The spöt 

 on the fore-neck is of moderate developement. 



The skull measurements are as follows: 



