Cope considered it partly arboreal, as tayras are, and possibly omnivorous as well as herbivorous, yet he thought he saw how it could have evolved into hulking Coryphodon in a relatively short time.
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Tayra
//ˈtaɪ.ɹə//
Synonyms for "tayra" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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18 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 狐鼬 noun (Eira barbara)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- tepechichi noun (Eira barbara)
Finnish
1 entries- taira noun (Eira barbara)
Georgian
1 entries- ტაირა noun (Eira barbara)
Japanese
1 entries- タイラ noun (Eira barbara)
Korean
1 entries- 타이라 noun (Eira barbara)
Nheengatu
1 entries- irara noun (Eira barbara)
Old Tupi
1 entries- eîrara noun (Eira barbara)
Polish
2 entries- hirara noun (Eira barbara)
- hirara amerykańska noun (Eira barbara)
Portuguese
1 entries- irara noun (Eira barbara)
Spanish
4 entries- humayro noun (Eira barbara)
- irará noun (Eira barbara)
- tayra noun (Eira barbara)
- viejo de monte noun (Eira barbara)
Turkish
1 entries- tayra noun (Eira barbara)
Ye'kwana
1 entries- awadudui noun (Eira barbara)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- sam joʼol noun (Eira barbara)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A few tayras are known to live in areas of tall grass. Tayras forage for food on the ground and also in the trees, where their long tail helps them to balance as they move through the branches.
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Tayras can be tamed and make interesting but fairly destructive pets.
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