Eira barbara (carnivore)

Mass: 4.3 kg based on Konecny 1989, Sanderson 1949, and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: frugivore-carnivore based on Galef Jr et al. 1976

Abundance: 0.09 to 18.00% (median 1.54%)

Latitudinal range: -27.2° to 15.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (21), tropical/subtropical savanna (4)

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Found in 35 samples

Argentina: Acambuco

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping), Estação Biológica de Santa Lùcia (primary forest), Estrada do Porto (2005), Tapiraí and Piedade Municipalities, Carlos Botelho State Park, Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (2006/2007), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Parque Estadual do Turvo (trail), Humaitâ Forest Reserve, Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park (camera trapping), Una and Arataca (forest), Una and Arataca (cabruca), Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Iguaçu National Park, Reserva Biológica de Araras, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land II, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Colombia: Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (forest), Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (scrub)

Costa Rica: San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor, Pacuare Nature Reserve, Piedras Blancas National Park

Ecuador: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Marina y Costera Pacoche

Honduras: Rio Sikre

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Querocoto (dry season), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass4900 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ body mass4083 kgN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass4800 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ body mass5500 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ body mass5000 kgN = 2Sanderson 1949
body mass3750 kgN = 5Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ ear length14 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ ear length38 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length25 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ ear length24 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ ear length43 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
ear length37 mmN = 5Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ head and body length610 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ head and body length614 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length600 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ head and body length560 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ head and body length598 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
head and body length609 mmN = 5Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length100 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ hind foot length100 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length100 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ hind foot length120 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ hind foot length108 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
hind foot length103 mmN = 5Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ tail length410 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ tail length430 mmN = 3Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length380 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ tail length400 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ tail length420 mmN = 2Sanderson 1949
tail length408 mmN = 5Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

See also Eira