Definitionn. thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair
Last update: June 17, 2015
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The hair much resembles that of a beaver, but is shorter; it consists of a thick soft underfur, interspersed with longer stiff, glistening hairs, which overlie and conceal the former, on the upper surface and sides of the body. [Please select]
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In mice in the earlier stages of adulthood, underfur of the dorsum is buffy at the tips and gray basally. [Please select]
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More than 200 impression slides and whole mounts of guard hair and underfur were prepared. [Please select]
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In texture, the summer pelage is not so soft as winter pelage, and this is probably owing to the presence of large amounts of "kinky" underfur in the winter pelage. [Please select]
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Color (type): Pale, upper parts uniformly Ochraceous-Buff; underfur Snuff Brown; underparts uniformly Light Buff, grading to Light Ochraceous-Buff at base of tail; underfur Light Drab; front and hind feet Light Ochraceous-Buff. [Please select]
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