Morphological Hair Identification Key of Common Mammals in Turkey

Sari, Alptuğ; Arpacık, Ahmet

doi:10.15666/aeer/1604_45934603

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“…4 ). Sari and Arpacik (2018) also found similar results in the medulla and cuticular patterns of canids from Turkey. Using percentage medulla width, we were able to differentiate Himalayan wolf (having medullary width of 81.4% [SE: 0.7]) from other Canis species (70-75%), but failed to differentiate between Indian wolves and jackals (Table 2 ) .…”

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Morphometric variation in wolves and golden jackal in India (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Srinivas¹,

Jhala²

2021

BDJ

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Species of Canis (Carnivora, Canidae) have similar morphology and distinguishing sympatric species is challenging. We present data on morphometry of skull, body and hair of three wild Canis species that occur in India, which include two wolves (Indian wolf, Canis lupus pallipes; and Himalayan wolf, Canis himalayensis) and the golden jackal (Canis aureus). A total of 20 cranial and six body measurements and microscopic characteristics of guard hair were analysed, using multivariate ordination to differentiate between species. Cranial measures of the Himalayan wolves were found to be the largest followed by Indian wolves and golden jackals. However, many measures overlapped amongst the three species. Two Principal Components each, for body measures and cranial measures, explained 86 and 91% of the variation in the data, respectively. These Components discriminated the two wolves from golden jackals, but could not distinguish between wolves. Hair medullary patterns were simple and wide type, whereas hair cuticular patterns showed crenate scale margins, near scale distance and irregular wavey scale patterns for all Canis taxa and were not useful to distinguish species. Data reported in this study further contribute to the existing global data on wild canids for a holistic understanding of the variation within the genus and show that distinguishing between all sympatric species from morphology alone may not be possible.

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Morphometric variation in wolves and golden jackal in India (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Srinivas¹,

Jhala²

2021

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“…L.) hair (Table 1). Indeed, this hair showed a multicellular medulla with continuous pattern and structure partially filled lattice, although not well preserved [70]. These last findings were in line with the faunal remains found in many coeval archaeological sites and could have been inhaled during meat preparation (e.g., bird plucking) or derive from fragments of epidermis chewed during the meal.…”

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Lifestyle of a Roman Imperial community: ethnobotanical evidence from dental calculus of the Ager Curensis inhabitants

D’Agostino

Gismondi

Marco

et al. 2019

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundThe analysis of ancient calcified dental plaque is a powerful archaeobotanical method to elucidate the key role of the plants in human history.MethodsIn this research, by applying both optic microscopy and gas chromatography mass spectrometry on this matrix, a detailed qualitative investigation for reconstructing the lifestyle of a Roman imperial community of the Ager Curensis (Sabina Tiberina, Central Italy) was performed.ResultsThe detection of animal micro-remains and molecules (e.g., hairs, feather barbules, markers of dairy products), starch granules of several cereals and legumes, pollen (e.g., Juglans regia L., Hedera sp. L.) and other plant micro-debris (e.g., trichome of Olea sp., hemp fibers), and phytochemicals (e.g., Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae herbs, Ferula sp., Trigonella foenum-graecum L., wine, and Humulus lupulus L.) in the dental calculus sample demonstrated that plant-derived foods were regularly consumed together with animal resources.ConclusionsThis nutritional plan, consistent with the information reported in ancient written texts, suggested that the studied population based its own subsistence on both agriculture and husbandry, probably also including beekeeping and hunting activities. All together, these results represent proofs for the comprehension of food habits, phytotherapeutic practices, and cultural traditions of one of the first Roman settlements in the Sabina Tiberina area.

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“…The authors stated that the scales are presented transversely with distant margin and irregular wave scale. Conversely Sari and Arpacik [20] found irregular rippled scale patterns can be observed in all studied species except the Bovidae family and wild boar, and cited that this structure in the entire hair length of the Bovidae family and wild boar is regularly waved.…”

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“…De Marinis e Agnelli [31] mentioned that in microscopic morphology the use of medulla structure has priority over the cuticle pattern and the use of the cuticle pattern individually will cause confusion, but Sari & Arpacik [20] reported that at lower levels, such as subfamily and genus, the medulla structure does not give the correct results in species identification due to its high resemblance, so the cuticle pattern (trichological analysis) was used for identification in all species.…”

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Bovine Breeds Identification by Trichological Analysis

Felix

Fíoravantí

Cassandro

et al. 2019

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Simple SummaryThis study examined the hair of Brazilian local cattle breeds in order to verify the possibility of use this technique as a racial marker. The trichological analysis is a non-invasive method that allows the determination of the species, or even the breed, of mammals by means of the combination of the main microstructures of the hairs. This kind of analysis has been used to identify species in ecological, paleontological, archaeological, contaminating materials of human food and forensic issues, but has been little explored in agriculture.AbstractThis study aimed to identify bovine breeds through trichological morphology and morphometry and to validate this technique by comparing it with genetic characterization. Animals from Caracu, Curraleiro Pé-Duro, Nelore, and Bovino Pantaneiro breeds were studied. Morphological and morphometric analyses of the guard hairs were performed. The cuticular pattern was observed on the shaft and the medulla pattern on the shield of the samples. The cattle genetic characterization was accomplished using microsatellite markers. Statistical analyses were performed using R version 3.2.4 software. Pearson’s correlation test showed a high positive and significant correlation between the matrices generated by trichological and genetic analyses (r = 0,996 and p < 0.001). Trichological analysis is a useful method for cattle breed identification. Its potential for identifying other species of interest for animal production should be studied since it is a simple, low-cost, and non-invasive method.

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Morphological Hair Identification Key of Common Mammals in Turkey

Cited by 6 publications

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Morphometric variation in wolves and golden jackal in India (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Morphometric variation in wolves and golden jackal in India (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Lifestyle of a Roman Imperial community: ethnobotanical evidence from dental calculus of the Ager Curensis inhabitants

Bovine Breeds Identification by Trichological Analysis

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