Eira C. E. Hamilton], Smith, 1842 . Jardine's Natur. Libr., 35:201.

TYPE SPECIES: Mustela barbara Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Galera Gray, 1843 (preoccupied by Galera Browne, 1789); Gulo Lichtenstein, 1825; Mustela Schinz, 1821; Tayra Oken, 1816 (invalid, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1956b); Viverra Traill, 1821 .