pelage
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Researcher Hannah Walker from the University of Montana documented the distribution of these different pelage colours across their range in North America using museum specimens.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
His estimated birth year was determined by the condition of his pelage, or fur, and teeth.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Moratelli selects a small, compact individual with dark wings and a luxurious golden pelage.
From Nature ● Feb. 17, 2015
Their pinnae are strongly reduced: essentially just being a slim semicircle of tissue concealed by pelage.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2014
The subadult pelage in P. maniculatus is duller than the adult pelage: In P. truei the subadult and adult pelages appear to have an equal sheen.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
