Kobus leche
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English: Lechwe
German: Litschi-moorantilope
French: Kob de leche
Spanish: Antilope de leche
Distribution areas
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The lechwe antelope lives in East and
South Africa in areas with swamps and water
pools.
Description of the fur
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The skins are 160 to 190 cm long. The The surface structure
fur coat is reddish-yellow and light-brown. of the skin, 400x
In the neck is a mane with coarse straight
hairs. The head is dark in colour, but with white spot in upper part.
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Kobus leche
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English: Lechwe
German: Litschi-moorantilope
French: Kob de leche
Spanish: Antilope de leche
Structure of the hair
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The microscopic skin surface is covered
by regular parallel grooves of variable
depth. The hair follicles are wide with
sunken edges and usually contain up to 3
shafts.
The fine fur fibres have a circular The cuticular structure
cross-section. The diameter of these fibres of the fine fibres, 1000x
is from 10 to 25 µm. The cuticular scales
are cornet-like with a smooth surface and straight scale margins. These
fibres are not medullated.
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Kobus leche
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English: Lechwe
German: Litschi-moorantilope
French: Kob de leche
Spanish: Antilope de leche
The intermediate fibres are circular at
the bottom, and elliptical in the middle
and upper parts, of the shaft. The diameter
is between 25 and 85 µm. The cuticle is
covered by even, tile-like scales with a
smooth surface and straight scale margins.
The medullary column is narrow, unbroken
and central symmetrical-shaped in
cross-section. The overall medullary Longitudinal section
structure is of the sponge-cortex-like type of an intermediate fibre, 400x
with either a foam-like or an amorphous
infilling substance.
The guard hairs have an elliptical outline. The cuticular scales are even,
tile-like with a smooth surface and straight scale margins. The medulla is
wide, unbroken and central symmetrical-shaped in the cross-sectional outline.
The medullary structure is of the lattice-sponge-like type with a foam-like
or sheet-like detailed structure to the infilling substance.
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Kobus leche
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English: Lechwe
German: Litschi-moorantilope
French: Kob de leche
Spanish: Antilope de leche
Transverse section
of a guard hair, 600x
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Kobus leche
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English: Lechwe
German: Litschi-moorantilope
French: Kob de leche
Spanish: Antilope de leche
Detailed structure
of the medulla, 2000x
Numerical code for lechwe skin structure
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Surface of the skin: 2-3-3
Fine fur fibres: 1-5-1-1-4-0-0-0-0-10.25-8.18
Intermediate fibres: 2.1-2-1-1-3-1-1-7-5.8-25.85-20.31
Guard hairs: 2-2-1-1-2-1-1-11-5.1-65.111-25.38
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