Title:

Moulting and seasonal pelage variations in the raccoon dog

Creator:

Korhonen, H. ; Harri, M. ; Asikainen, J.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1984

Description:

An examination was made of the moult and seasonal pelage variations in adult and juvenile raccoon dogs, Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834) from Eastern Finland. The Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) served as a reference animal. Raccoon dog pelage is composed of four types of hair: guard hairs, long pile hairs, short pile hairs, and underfur. Whelps moult at the age of 4-5 weeks to a new summer pelage.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

hair lenght ; moulting ; Nyctereutes procyonoides ; Alopex lagopus ; pelage ; skin weight ; types of hairs ; linka ; jenot ; piesiec ; sierść

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

29

Issue:

7

Start page:

77

End page:

88

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.84-7

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open