It is hard to guess what a Tayra weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tayra (Eira barbara) on average weights 4.14 kg (9.12 lbs).
The Tayra is from the family Mustelidae (genus: Eira). It is usually born with about 83 grams (0.18 lbs). They can live for up to 18 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 61.4 cm (2′ 1″). Usually, Tayras have 2 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The tayra (Eira barbara) is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family, native to the Americas. It is the only species in the genus Eira.Tayras are also known as the tolomuco or perico ligero in Central America, motete in Honduras, irara in Brazil, san hol or viejo de monte in the Yucatan Peninsula, and high-woods dog (or historically chien bois) in Trinidad. The genus name Eira is derived from the indigenous name of the animal in Bolivia and Peru, while barbara means “strange” or “foreign”.
Animals of the same family as a Tayra
We found other animals of the Mustelidae family:
- Giant otter bringing 26 kilos (57.32 lbs) to the scale
- Yellow-bellied weasel with a weight of 264 grams
- Sea otter bringing 27.46 kilos (60.54 lbs) to the scale
- Wolverine bringing 12.8 kilos (28.22 lbs) to the scale
- Nilgiri marten bringing 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs) to the scale
- Greater grison bringing 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain weasel with a weight of 180 grams
- Marbled polecat with a weight of 594 grams
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk bringing 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs) to the scale
- Marine otter bringing 11.2 kilos (24.69 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tayra
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Eira barbara:
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Short-beaked echidna with a weight of 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs)
- Giant bandicoot with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- Pampas cat with a weight of 4.4 kilos (9.7 lbs)
- Kit fox with a weight of 4.5 kilos (9.92 lbs)
- Six-banded armadillo with a weight of 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs)
- Arctic hare with a weight of 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs)
- Chinese pangolin with a weight of 4.67 kilos (10.3 lbs)
- Toque macaque with a weight of 4.66 kilos (10.27 lbs)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tayra
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tayra:
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Gee’s golden langur with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Leopard cat with a size of 68.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Sand cat with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Bald uakari with a size of 54.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- Dingiso with a size of 67.4 cm (2′ 3″)
- Formosan rock macaque with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Marbled cat with a size of 51.7 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tayra
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Tayra:
- Chisel-toothed kangaroo rat
- Chinese mole shrew
- Coxing’s white-bellied rat
- Giant otter shrew
- Rüppell’s fox
- Crested porcupine
- Amami rabbit
- Pygmy mouse lemur
- Geoffroy’s cat
- Japanese house bat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Tayra
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Tayra:
- Argali with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Bobak marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Philippine tarsier with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Waterbuck with an average maximal age of 19.92 years
- Red goral with an average maximal age of 18.25 years
- Goeldi’s marmoset with an average maximal age of 17.83 years
- Impala with an average maximal age of 17.75 years
- Goitered gazelle with an average maximal age of 20 years
- Short-eared possum with an average maximal age of 17 years
- Wolverine with an average maximal age of 18 years