Domestic dog and dingo Canis familiaris: hair from study skin
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Hair from animal or animal skin
- Border collie (live adult)
- Brushtail possum (study skin)
- Brushtail possum (adult carcass)
- Cat (study skin)
- Domestic dog and dingo (study skin)
- Goat (study skin)
- Horse (study skin)
- House mouse (study skin)
- Human (scalp hair)
- Human (scalp hair)
- Kiore (adult and juvenile carcass)
- Norway rat (study skin)
- NZ Pig dog (live adults)
- Sheep (study skin)
- Ship rat (study skin)
This factsheet assists in the identification of hairs from a domestic dog and dingo adult study skin.
Microscopic features
![Dog. Guard hair medulla: wide lattice (magnification 468x). Image: © Brunner H, Coman B. 1974. The Identification of Mammalian Hair. Inkata Press, Melbourne. Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/Hair-identification/dog_Guard_hair_medulla__FitMaxWzE1LDE1XQ.jpg)
![Dog. Guard hair medulla: wide, simple (magnification 468x). Image: © Brunner H, Coman B. 1974. The Identification of Mammalian Hair. Inkata Press, Melbourne.: Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/Hair-identification/dog_Guard_hair_medulla_wide__FitMaxWzE1LDE1XQ.jpg)
![Dog. Guard hair scales distal shaft: irregular wave, near separation, crenate margins (magnification 468x). Image: © Brunner H, Coman B. 1974. The Identification of Mammalian Hair. Inkata Press, Melbourne. Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/Hair-identification/dog_Guard_hair_scales_distal_shaft__FitMaxWzE1LDE1XQ.jpg)
![Dog. Guard hair scales mid/proximal shaft: irregular mosaic, near to distant separation, smooth margins (magnification 468x). Image: © Brunner H, Coman B. 1974. The Identification of Mammalian Hair. Inkata Press, Melbourne. Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/Hair-identification/dog_Guard_hair_scales_mid_proximal_shaft__FitMaxWzE1LDE1XQ.jpg)
![Dog. Cross sections of guard and underhairs, U=underhair (magnification 468x). Image: © Brunner H, Coman B. 1974. The Identification of Mammalian Hair. Inkata Press, Melbourne. Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/Hair-identification/dog_Cross_sections__FitMaxWzE1LDE1XQ.jpg)