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Pelage
Pelage meaning
Fur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal. | The characteristic nature of this coat: its coarseness or fineness, its typical lay, and so on.
Example sentences (10)
However, their flippers tend to be proportionately longer, their pelage tends to be darker, and their vibrissae are more prominent.
In most species, the coat (pelage) is some variation of a brown colour (or several shades of brown), often with white or pale underbodies.
Its pelage is completely dark gray, with no collars whatsoever.
Its pelage is typically more reddish and sparsely furred than the coyote's and gray wolf's, though melanistic individuals do occur. citation Its fur is generally tawny to grayish in color, with light markings around the lips and eyes.
Pelage colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown.
Pups have a black or dark brown pelage at birth.
Their pelage is also more gray in colour with less defined spots.
Their pelage is sparse and coarse with poorly developed or absent underfur.
The pelage of adult males can be anywhere from light brown to black, but is typically dark brown.
These forms are distinguished by pelage colour and thickness, body size, and skull shape.