FURSKIN - fur skin identification


Nasua nasua ----------- English: Southern coati German: Sdamerikanischer naseb„r French: Coati roux Spanish: Coati Distribution areas ------------------ The southern coati is found in South America as far south as Paraguay. Description of the fur ---------------------- Southern coati skin is about 55 cm long; the tail is up to 45 cm in length. The coat The surface structure is dense and soft and is in different of the skin, 60x shades of red-brown and yellow-brown. Over the eyes are oval white spots; the tail is covered by yellow-brown and black -brown rings. The undercoat is light-brown in colour, the upper parts of the guard hairs are coloured dark-brown. The hairs are straight.		Nasua nasua ----------- English: Southern coati German: Sdamerikanischer naseb„r French: Coati roux Spanish: Coati Structure of the hair --------------------- The microscopic structure of the skin surface is of the regularly grooved type; the follicles are narrow with straight edges. The number of hair shafts in each follicle is from one to three. The fine fur fibres are elliptical or The cuticular structure circular in cross-section. The diameter of of the fine fibres, 600x the fine fibres is in the range of 15 to 35 µm. The cuticular scales are cornet-like or even, tile-like with a smooth surface and straight scale margins. The medullary column is narrow, unbroken and central symmetrical shaped. The overall medullary structure is of the uniserial ladder type with an amorphous structure of the infilling substance.		Nasua nasua ----------- English: Southern coati German: Sdamerikanischer naseb„r French: Coati roux Spanish: Coati The intermediate fibres have a diameter of 30 to 45 µm. The cross-sectional outline is elliptical and the cuticle is covered by even, tile-like scales. The scale surface is irregularly grooved and scale margins are straight. The medulla is of the narrow type, unbroken and central symmetrical shaped in cross-section. This medulla is of the lattice-sponge-like type with an The cuticular structure amorphous or foam-like structure to the of an intermediate hair, 2000x infilling medullar substance. The guard hairs are elliptical in cross-sectional outline. Their diameter is in the range of 50 to 110 µm. The cuticular scales are of the crenated tile-like type and the scale surface is smooth with rippled scale margins. The medulla is narrow, central symmetrical-shaped in cross-section and longitudinally broken. The medullary column is of the non-regular type. The infilling medullary substance is amorphous in detailed structure.		Nasua nasua ----------- English: Southern coati German: Sdamerikanischer naseb„r French: Coati roux Spanish: Coati Longitudinal section of an intermediate fibre, 1000x		Nasua nasua ----------- English: Southern coati German: Sdamerikanischer naseb„r French: Coati roux Spanish: Coati Longitudinal section of a guard hair, 600x Numerical code for southern coati skin structure ------------------------------------------------ Surface of the skin: 2-4-1.3 Fine fur fibres: 2.1-5.2-1-1-3-1-1-1-8-15.35-8.13 Intermediate fibres: 2-1-3-1-3-1-1-11-8.5-30.45-15.25 Guard hairs: 2-4-1-2-3-2-1-16-8-50.111-15.35