Hyaena hyaena
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English: Striped hyaena
German: Streifenhy„ne
French: Hyene rayee
Spanish: Hyena
Distribution areas
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The striped hyaena is found in North
Africa and South Asia and in some parts of
South Africa.
Description of the fur
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The skins are up to 1 m long; the tail The surface structure
measures about 25 cm. The coat is thick and of the skin, 300x
dense, but the hair fibres are relatively
coarse. The coat is light-yellow-brown with dark stripes across the body. The
neck is covered by a black mane.
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Hyaena hyaena
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English: Striped hyaena
German: Streifenhy„ne
French: Hyene rayee
Spanish: Hyena
Structure of the hair
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The microscopic skin surface is
furrowed; the follicles are wide with
sunken edges and contain clusters of hairs.
The fine fur fibres are circular or
elliptical in cross-section with the
diameter in the range of 10 to 25 µm. The The cuticular structure
cuticular scales are cornet-like with a of the fine fibres, 600x
non-regular grooved surface and straight
scale margins. These fine fibres are few in number and are
non-medullated.
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Hyaena hyaena
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English: Striped hyaena
German: Streifenhy„ne
French: Hyene rayee
Spanish: Hyena
The intermediate fibres are elliptical
in cross-section and have a diameter of 20
to 40 µm. The cuticle is covered by even,
tile-like scales. The scale surface is
irregularly grooved and the margins are
straight. The medulla is narrow, unbroken
and central symmetrical-shaped in cross-
section. The overall medullary structure is
of the spongelike type with the foam-like The cuticular structure
infilling substance. of the fine fibres, 1800x
The guard hairs have a diameter in the range of 40 to 60 µm. The
cross-sectional outline is elliptical. The cuticular scales are even,
tile-like with a smooth surface and straight scale margins. The medullary
column is narrow, unbroken longitudinally and central symmetrical shaped. The
medulla is of the spongelike type with the foam-like infilling material.
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Hyaena hyaena
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English: Striped hyaena
German: Streifenhy„ne
French: Hyene rayee
Spanish: Hyena
The cuticular structure
of an intermediate hair, 1000x
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Hyaena hyaena
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English: Striped hyaena
German: Streifenhy„ne
French: Hyene rayee
Spanish: Hyena
Detailed structure
of the medulla, 2000x
Numerical code for striped hyaena skin structure
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Surface of the skin: 3-1-3
Fine fur fibres: 1.2-5-3-1-4-0-0-0-0-10.25-10.31
Intermediate fibres: 2-2-3-1-3-1-1-5-5-20.61-30.61
Guard hairs: 2-2-1-1-2-1-1-5-5-40.121-55.75
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