continental drift: In 1908 Frank B. Taylor of the United States invoked the notion of continental collision to explain the formation of some of the world’s mountain ranges.

Frederick W. Taylor was an American inventor and engineer who is known as the father of scientific management. His system of industrial management, known as Taylorism, greatly influenced the development of industrial engineering and production management throughout the world. Taylor was the son of

Frederick W. Taylor was an American inventor and engineer who is known as the father of scientific management. His system of industrial management, known as Taylorism, greatly influenced the development of industrial engineering and production management throughout the world. Taylor was the son of

Gordon Rattray Taylor was a British author who specialized in writing popular works on broad scientific and social issues. After studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, Taylor began a career in journalism in 1933. During World War II he worked with the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC’s)

Australia: White Australia policy: …interwar period the Australian geographer Griffith Taylor argued that there were stringent environmental limits that would restrict Australia’s population to approximately 20 million people by the end of the 20th century. Taylor was vilified and finally hounded out of Australia, but his “environmental determinism,” like his remarkable prediction, was well…

Henry Taylor was a British swimmer who won five Olympic medals and was the first man to hold world records in the 400-metre, 880-yard, and 1,500-metre freestyle events. Taylor competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, where he captured a gold medal in the 1-mile (1,609-metre) freestyle, a

Great Stupa: Henry Taylor came upon the site and documented his findings. Restoration work began in 1881 and was completed in 1919 under the supervision of John Hubert Marshall, director general of the Indian Archaeological Survey. The Great Stupa and Sanchi’s other Buddhist monuments were collectively designated…

James Taylor is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who defined the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s. Bob Dylan brought confessional poetry to folk rock, but Taylor became the epitome of the troubadour whose life was the subject of his songs. Among the experiences that shaped

Bayard Taylor was an American author known primarily for his lively travel narratives and for his translation of J.W. von Goethe’s Faust. A restless student, Taylor was apprenticed to a printer at age 17. In 1844 his first volume of verse, Ximena, was published. He then arranged with The Saturday

children’s literature: From T.W. to Alice (1712?–1865): …Young Persons,” including Ann and Jane Taylor. The Taylor sisters, though adequately moral, struck a new note of sweetness, of humor, at any rate of nonpriggishness. Their “Twinkle, twinkle, little star,” included in Rhymes for the Nursery (1806), has not only been memorized but actually liked by many generations of…

Plateau problem: …1976 when the American mathematicians Jean Taylor and Frederick Almgren obtained the mathematical derivation of the Plateau conjecture, which states that, when several soap films join together (for example, when several bubbles meet each other along common interfaces), the angles at which the films meet are either 120 degrees (for…

Monster: com was created by American Jeff Taylor to provide online career and recruitment services. Notably, it was one of the first commercial Web sites. In 1999 Monsterboard.com was merged with Online Career Center to create Monster.com. Following the early success of Monster, additional online recruitment sites were created for individual…

Jeremy Taylor was an Anglican clergyman and writer. Taylor was educated at the University of Cambridge and was ordained in 1633. He never lacked for patrons: Archbishop Laud granted him a fellowship to All Souls College, Oxford, in 1635; William Juxon, bishop of London, presented him the living of

George Weah: Political aspirations: …October 2017 presidential election, with Jewel Howard Taylor, senator for Bong county and former wife of the ousted president Taylor, as his running mate.

Alexander Payne: …the screenplay with a friend, Jim Taylor. A broad skewering of the pervasive abortion debate in American public life, the film starred Laura Dern as a pregnant woman who becomes a pawn of both pro-choice and pro-life activists. With its largely unsympathetic protagonist and its gleefully cynical attitude toward deeply…

Chuck Bednarik: …between the end zone and Jim Taylor as the Packer fullback rumbled across the Eagles’ 10-yard-line only to be brought down by Bednarik, who remained on top of Taylor until time ran out to clinch the championship for Philadelphia.

John Taylor was a minor English poet, pamphleteer, and journalist who called himself “the Water Poet.” The son of a surgeon, Taylor was sent to a grammar school but became, as he said, “mired in Latin accidence” and was apprenticed to a Thames boatman. He served in the navy and saw action at Cádiz

Jonathan Edwards: Pastorate at Stockbridge: …reply to the English divine John Taylor of Norwich, whose works attacking Calvinism (based on the thought of the 16th-century Protestant reformer John Calvin) had “made a mighty noise in America.” Edwards defended the doctrine not only by citing biblical statements about the corruption of the human heart but also…

Mary Anne Talbot was a British woman who served in the English army and navy disguised as a man. She was later known as the “British Amazon.” Talbot’s mother died at her birth, and she believed herself to be the illegitimate child of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot. She was entrapped in 1792 by

John Taylor was one of the leading American philosophers of the liberal agrarian political movement—commonly known as Jeffersonian democracy—during the early national period. Orphaned as a child, Taylor grew up in the home of his uncle, Edmund Pendleton. He received his education from private

Johann Sebastian Bach: Last years: …unsuccessful eye operations performed by John Taylor, the itinerant English quack who numbered Handel among his other failures; and Bach died on July 28, 1750, at Leipzig. His employers proceeded with relief to appoint a successor; Burgomaster Stieglitz remarked, “The school needs a cantor, not a musical director—though certainly he…

John Henry Taylor was an English professional golfer, a member of the “Great Triumvirate”—with Harry Vardon and James Braid—that won the Open Championship (British Open) 16 times between 1894 and 1914; Taylor won in 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, and 1913. He was the first English professional to win the

Fenway Park: In 1911 Red Sox owner John I. Taylor was looking for locations to build a new ballpark, and later that year his father bought more than 365,000 square feet (33,900 square metres) of land in the Boston neighborhood of Fenway-Kenmore. In September work began on a stadium that Taylor called…

Joseph Taylor was an English actor mentioned in the First Folio of Shakespeare in 1623 as one of the 26 who took principal parts in all of those plays and one of the 10 actors who signed the dedication of the first folio (1647) of Beaumont and Fletcher. Taylor acted with the Duke of York’s Men in

Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. is an American radio astronomer and physicist who, with Russell A. Hulse, was the corecipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of the first binary pulsar. Taylor studied at Haverford College, Pennsylvania (B.A., 1963), and earned a Ph.D. in

Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. is an American radio astronomer and physicist who, with Russell A. Hulse, was the corecipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of the first binary pulsar. Taylor studied at Haverford College, Pennsylvania (B.A., 1963), and earned a Ph.D. in

Kamala Markandaya was an Indian novelist whose works concern the tension between Eastern traditions and Western modernity in which many contemporary Indians are shown to be grappling with conflicting values. Markandaya grew up in a time when India was under the British raj, and her works frequently

Koko Taylor was an American blues singer who forged a musical career that spanned nearly half a century and earned her the nickname “Queen of the Blues.” Both of Taylor’s parents had died by the time she was 11 years old, and she and her five siblings picked cotton to survive. In the evenings they

Krissy Taylor was an American fashion model perhaps best known as a face of the cosmetics companies CoverGirl and L’Oréal. She was the sister of supermodel Niki Taylor. Taylor walked the runways for the top fashion houses, including Fendi and Ralph Lauren. She was featured in the leading beauty and

Krissy Taylor was an American fashion model perhaps best known as a face of the cosmetics companies CoverGirl and L’Oréal. She was the sister of supermodel Niki Taylor. Taylor walked the runways for the top fashion houses, including Fendi and Ralph Lauren. She was featured in the leading beauty and

Afrika Bambaataa was an American disc jockey (deejay or DJ) and music producer who is credited as being a leading disseminator of hip-hop music and culture. A pioneer of breakbeat deejaying, a style marked by the quick repetition of fast-paced, syncopated drum samples, Bambaataa is often referred

Laurette Taylor was an American actress who was perhaps best known for her roles in plays written by her second husband, J. Hartley Manners. Most notable was her comedic performance in Peg O’ My Heart (1912). Under the name La Belle Laurette, Taylor made her childhood stage debut in Lynn,

Lawrence Taylor is an American collegiate and professional gridiron football player, considered one of the best linebackers in the history of the game. As a member of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), he won Super Bowl championships following the 1986 and 1990 seasons.

Lawrence Taylor is an American collegiate and professional gridiron football player, considered one of the best linebackers in the history of the game. As a member of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), he won Super Bowl championships following the 1986 and 1990 seasons.

Vincent D’Onofrio: Early career: …starred with Tracy Ullman and Lili Taylor in Household Saints (1993). His other roles during that time include Orson Welles in Tim Burton’s biopic Ed Wood (1994), a police officer in Kathryn Bigelow’s dystopic Strange Days (1995), a jilted husband in Feeling Minnesota

Denver Broncos: …time, however, including wide receiver Lionel Taylor, who led the AFL in receptions five times, and running back Floyd Little. After the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, the Broncos continued to dwell in the divisional cellar before having their first winning season in 1973.

Elizabeth Taylor was an American film actress who was noted for her unique beauty and her portrayals of volatile and strong-willed characters. Taylor won Academy Awards for her performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Off-screen, she garnered attention for

Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first American woman to earn a degree in dentistry. Lucy Hobbs graduated from the Franklin Academy in Malone, New York, in 1849 and became a schoolteacher. While teaching in Brooklyn, Michigan, she began the study of medicine, and in 1859 she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio,

Major Taylor was the 1899 world champion in cycling, a winner of many national and international honors, and the first American-born Black athlete of wide renown to reach his sport’s international pinnacle. Taylor overcame racism, including Jim Crow restrictions, bans by racing organizations, and

Margaret Taylor was an American first lady (1849–50) and the wife of Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States. Margaret Smith was the daughter of wealthy plantation owners Ann Mackall and Walter Smith. Although details of her childhood are hazy, it is known that she was educated at home.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Georgia from 2021 to 2026. A polarizing figure because of her combative style and controversial views, Greene first drew national attention when running for Congress

Major Taylor was the 1899 world champion in cycling, a winner of many national and international honors, and the first American-born Black athlete of wide renown to reach his sport’s international pinnacle. Taylor overcame racism, including Jim Crow restrictions, bans by racing organizations, and

Maxwell Davenport Taylor was a U.S. Army officer who became a pioneer in airborne warfare in Europe during World War II and who later served as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam during the early years of the Vietnam War. A 1922 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York,

Julio César Chávez: …a knockout, Chávez knocked down Meldrick Taylor with 12 seconds remaining in the match. Though Taylor staggered to his feet, the referee stopped the fight in the last seconds of the round. Chávez vacated the IBF junior-welterweight title but held the WBC title for seven years before losing it in…

John Mayall: Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor, he exerted an indirect but considerable influence on the course of rock music. Older by 10 years than most of his colleagues, Mayall was a canny operator whose devoted admirers cherished their hero’s rugged individuality and anti-commercial stance. However, his musical instincts were…

op-ed page: Purpose and Structure: …author revealed himself to be Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.

James Stillman: …Stillman became a protégé of Moses Taylor, then a wealthy merchant and banker. In 1891, having participated in a number of Taylor’s projects, Stillman succeeded Taylor’s son-in-law as president of the National City Bank.

Myron C. Taylor was an American financier and diplomat who was the chief executive of the United States Steel Corporation in the 1930s. Though admitted to the bar in 1895, Taylor spent much of his early career in the textile business, operating mills in New England and elsewhere until 1923. At the

Myron C. Taylor was an American financier and diplomat who was the chief executive of the United States Steel Corporation in the 1930s. Though admitted to the bar in 1895, Taylor spent much of his early career in the textile business, operating mills in New England and elsewhere until 1923. At the

Niki Taylor is an American fashion model best known as a face of the cosmetics company CoverGirl. She is the sister of model Krissy Taylor (1978–95). Taylor walked the runways for the world’s top fashion houses, including Chanel and Givenchy, and was featured on more than 400 magazine covers.

Niki Taylor is an American fashion model best known as a face of the cosmetics company CoverGirl. She is the sister of model Krissy Taylor (1978–95). Taylor walked the runways for the world’s top fashion houses, including Chanel and Givenchy, and was featured on more than 400 magazine covers.

Paul Taylor was an American modern dancer and choreographer noted for the inventive, frequently humorous, and sardonic dances that he choreographed for his company. Entering Syracuse University in 1947 on a scholarship, Taylor took painting classes and joined the swim team. He began dance training

Paul Taylor was an American modern dancer and choreographer noted for the inventive, frequently humorous, and sardonic dances that he choreographed for his company. Entering Syracuse University in 1947 on a scholarship, Taylor took painting classes and joined the swim team. He began dance training

Paul W. Taylor was an American philosopher best known for his book Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics (1986), which promulgated the biocentric viewpoint in environmental ethics and was a foundational work of environmental philosophy. (Read Peter Singer’s Britannica entry on

Paul W. Taylor was an American philosopher best known for his book Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics (1986), which promulgated the biocentric viewpoint in environmental ethics and was a foundational work of environmental philosophy. (Read Peter Singer’s Britannica entry on

Peter Taylor was an American short-story writer, novelist, and playwright known for his portraits of Tennessee gentry caught in a changing society. From 1936 to 1937 Taylor attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, then the center of a Southern literary renaissance led by poets Allen

Peter Taylor was an American short-story writer, novelist, and playwright known for his portraits of Tennessee gentry caught in a changing society. From 1936 to 1937 Taylor attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, then the center of a Southern literary renaissance led by poets Allen

broken windows theory: Criticism and influence: …with disorder, criminal justice scholar Ralph Taylor found that no distinct pattern of relationships between crime and disorder emerged. Rather, some specific disorderly acts were linked to some specific crimes. He concluded that attention to disorder in general might be an error and that, while loosely connected, specific acts may…

Red River Campaign: However, Confederate troops under General Richard Taylor confronted the Union forces at Sabine Crossroads, near Mansfield, and defeated them on April 8. Shortly afterward the Union withdrew from the area, though the fleet barely escaped capture by the Confederates and destruction in the rapids. The failure of the Red River…

Richard Taylor is a New Zealand filmmaker who was cofounder of the Academy Award-winning prop-design and special-effects company Weta Workshop. Taylor was best known for his work on the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–03), directed and adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels by New Zealand

Richard E. Taylor was a Canadian physicist who in 1990 shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall for his collaboration in proving the existence of quarks, which are now generally accepted as being among the basic building blocks of matter. Taylor attended the

Richard E. Taylor was a Canadian physicist who in 1990 shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall for his collaboration in proving the existence of quarks, which are now generally accepted as being among the basic building blocks of matter. Taylor attended the

ARPANET: Roots of a network: …1964, and two years later Robert Taylor became IPTO director. Taylor would become a key figure in ARPANET’s development, partly because of his observational abilities. In the Pentagon’s IPTO office, Taylor had access to three teletype terminals, each hooked up to one of three remote ARPA-supported time-sharing mainframe computers—at Systems…

Frank Borzage: MGM tenure: …Remarque, three former soldiers (Robert Taylor, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone) suffer from abject poverty in Germany after World War I and fall in love with the same woman (Sullavan), who is dying of tuberculosis.

Rod Taylor was an Australian-born American actor who achieved considerable success in Hollywood during the 1950s and ’60s. His notable roles include the time-traveling inventor in The Time Machine (1960) and the hero in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller The Birds (1963). Taylor was born to

Rod Taylor was an Australian-born American actor who achieved considerable success in Hollywood during the 1950s and ’60s. His notable roles include the time-traveling inventor in The Time Machine (1960) and the hero in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller The Birds (1963). Taylor was born to

Queen: …bassist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor.

Safety Last!: Production notes and credits:

shorthand: History and development of shorthand: …that of the British stenographer Samuel Taylor, who invented a system in 1786 that was based on that of one of his predecessors. Taylor’s method was adapted into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, and other languages.

32 Notable Women Cricketers: Sarah Taylor: Sarah Taylor has scored more than 6,000 international runs for England but is best known for her wicketkeeping skills, considered among the best across men’s and women’s cricket. In her youth she was included in Brighton College’s first team in place of a…

32 Notable Women Cricketers: Sarah Taylor: Sarah Taylor has scored more than 6,000 international runs for England but is best known for her wicketkeeping skills, considered among the best across men’s and women’s cricket. In her youth she was included in Brighton College’s first team in place of a…

Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor was a British physicist. He taught at Cambridge University from 1911 to 1952. He made important discoveries in fluid mechanics, as well as significant contributions to the theory of the elastostatic stress and displacement fields created by dislocating solids, the quantum

Richard Taylor is a New Zealand filmmaker who was cofounder of the Academy Award-winning prop-design and special-effects company Weta Workshop. Taylor was best known for his work on the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–03), directed and adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels by New Zealand

32 Notable Women Cricketers: Stafanie Taylor: Stafanie Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer who led the West Indies women’s cricket team for seven years, including to a women’s T20I World Cup title in 2016, where she finished as top run scorer and was named Player of the Tournament. Taylor arrived…

32 Notable Women Cricketers: Stafanie Taylor: Stafanie Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer who led the West Indies women’s cricket team for seven years, including to a women’s T20I World Cup title in 2016, where she finished as top run scorer and was named Player of the Tournament. Taylor arrived…

chromatography: Subsequent developments: …were reported in 1938 by T.I. Taylor and Harold C. Urey, who used a zeolite. The method received much attention in 1942 during the Manhattan Project as a means of separating the rare earths and transuranium elements, fission products of uranium, and other elements

Octavia Spencer: …the director of The Help, Tate Taylor, was a close friend of both Spencer and Kathryn Stockett (who wrote the 2009 novel on which the movie was based), and both felt that Spencer was right for the part of the forthright housemaid Minny Jackson. Spencer shone in the role, and…

Butthole Surfers: Lead singer Gibby Haynes and lead guitarist Paul Leary met

One Battle After Another: Plot summary and characters: …loves, Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor), are members of the French 75, a leftist revolutionary group that carries out militant acts such as blowing up power grids and raiding a federal detention center at the U.S.-Mexico border to rescue migrants being held there.

Platonism: Renaissance and later Platonism: …anti-Christian Neoplatonic influence, that of Thomas Taylor “the Platonist” (1758–1835), who published translations of Plato, Aristotle, and a large number of Neoplatonic works in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Taylor was as militant in his pagan Platonism as was Gemistus Plethon. His ideas had a strong influence on…

Tom Taylor was an English journalist and biographer and also one of the most popular dramatists of his time. He is perhaps best known today as the author of the play Our American Cousin (1858) and as a longtime staff member and, from 1874, the editor of the magazine Punch. After attending school in

Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States (1849–50). Elected on the ticket of the Whig Party as a hero of the Mexican-American War (1846–48), he died only 16 months after taking office. Taylor’s parents, Richard Taylor and Mary Strother, migrated to Kentucky from Virginia shortly

Athens: …the Lucy Cobb Institute, theTaylor-Grady House, the Joseph Henry Lumpkin House, and the Church-Waddel-Brumby house (believed to be the oldest structure in Athens, 1820). Many of these buildings are popular tourist attractions as exquisite examples of Federal and Greek Revival design. Athens is the site of Athens Academy (1967),…

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English actor known for his versatility and deep commitment to his work. He first gained widespread attention with the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (2009) and then found success in many other films, including the action hits Kick-Ass (2010) and Avengers: Age of Ultron

Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Personal life: His marriage to Sam Taylor-Wood attracted much media attention. When they met in 2008, he was 18 and she was 23 years his senior. A year after meeting, Johnson proposed, and the couple married in 2012. The couple have two daughters together. In addition, Aaron Taylor-Johnson became stepfather…

Anya Taylor-Joy is an actress who broke through with her lauded performance in the 2015 horror film The Witch and became an international star with the lead role in the Netflix period drama miniseries The Queen’s Gambit (2020). David O. Russell, who directed Taylor-Joy in the movie Amsterdam

Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Personal life: His marriage to Sam Taylor-Wood attracted much media attention. When they met in 2008, he was 18 and she was 23 years his senior. A year after meeting, Johnson proposed, and the couple married in 2012. The couple have two daughters together. In addition, Aaron Taylor-Johnson became stepfather…

Taylorism, System of scientific management advocated by Fred W. Taylor. In Taylor’s view, the task of factory management was to determine the best way for the worker to do the job, to provide the proper tools and training, and to provide incentives for good performance. He broke each job down into

history of Arabia: Central and northern Arabia: The oasis of Taymāʾ in the northern Hejaz emerged briefly into the limelight when the Neo-Babylonian king Nabu-naʾid (Nabonidus, reigned c. 556–539 bce) took up his residence there for 10 years and extended his power as far as Yathrib. A few important monuments of this time are known.

Julie Taymor is an American stage and film director, playwright, and costume designer known for her inventive use of Asian-inspired masks and puppets. In 1998 she became the first woman to win a Tony Award for best director of a musical, for her Broadway production of The Lion King, derived from

Āl Bū Saʿīd dynasty: …ʿĪsā ibn Ṣāliḥ and Sultan Taymūr ibn Fayṣal (reigned 1913–32), by virtue of which Sultan Taymūr ruled over the coastal provinces and Imam ʿĪsā over the interior. Opposition broke out again in 1954 when the tribes appealed to Saudi Arabia for aid in establishing an independent principality, but Sultan Saʿīd…

Arabic literature: The short story: …real maturity: if Muḥammad’s brother Maḥmūd Taymūr was certainly the most prolific, both Yaḥyā Ḥaqqī and Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Lāshīn were the most accomplished craftsmen.

Arabic literature: The short story: …pioneer figure of the school, Muḥammad Taymūr, died at an early age, but the other members of the group elaborated on his efforts and brought the genre to a level of real maturity: if Muḥammad’s brother Maḥmūd Taymūr was certainly the most prolific, both Yaḥyā Ḥaqqī and Maḥmūd Ṭāhir Lāshīn…

Taymyr, former autonomous okrug (district), north-central Siberian Russia. In 2007 Taymyr was subsumed under Krasnoyarsk kray (territory). It lies on the hilly Taymyr Peninsula, the most northerly part of the Eurasian continent, and extends south to the northern edge of the Central Siberian

Lena River: Study and exploration: …and in 1912 the icebreakers Taymyr and Vaygach surveyed and mapped the delta. Further surveying was conducted between World Wars I and II, when a complete and detailed description was compiled. During the postwar Soviet period, research on the Lena was conducted by the Yakut branch of the Academy of…

Taymyr Peninsula, northernmost extension of the Eurasian landmass, in north-central Siberia in Krasnoyarsk kray (region), northeastern central Russia. The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape Chelyuskin, north of which lie Vilkitsky Strait and Severnaya Zemlya. To the west of the peninsula

nature worship: The sun as a subordinate deity: Siberian people such as the Taymyr Samoyed (whose women pray in spring to the sun goddess in order to receive fertility or a rich calving of the reindeer) or the Tungus worship sun goddesses. They make sacrifices to the sun goddess, and her symbols are embroidered on women’s clothes.

Taymyr Peninsula, northernmost extension of the Eurasian landmass, in north-central Siberia in Krasnoyarsk kray (region), northeastern central Russia. The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape Chelyuskin, north of which lie Vilkitsky Strait and Severnaya Zemlya. To the west of the peninsula

tayra, (Eira barbara), weasel-like mammal of tropical forests from southern Mexico through South America to northern Argentina. The tayra is short-legged, yet slender and agile, weighing from 2.7 to 7 kg (5.95 to 15.4 pounds). The body, measuring about 60–68 cm (24–27 inches), is covered with

tayra, (Eira barbara), weasel-like mammal of tropical forests from southern Mexico through South America to northern Argentina. The tayra is short-legged, yet slender and agile, weighing from 2.7 to 7 kg (5.95 to 15.4 pounds). The body, measuring about 60–68 cm (24–27 inches), is covered with