Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae Genus: Equus Specimen Description The skin of horse is soft and thick. It provides a protective barrier against the environment, regulates temperature, and gives your horse its sense of touch. Depending on the species and age, the skin may...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Superorder: Xenarthra Order: Cingulata Specimen Description Armadillo is a Spanish word meaning “little armored one” and refers to the bony plates that cover the back, head, legs, and tail of most of these odd looking creatures. Armadillos are the only living mammals that...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Bison Specimen Description Bison has a thick, brown coat. The skin is covered with hairs that provides insulation from the cold and moist weather. During the winter It prevents melting of the snow and soaking of...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Ovis Specimen Description Ounce for ounce, sheepskin is stronger than steel. The sheep skin or wool is a highly thick material that composed of numerous fibers. Wool is one of the few fibers that will maintain...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Syncerus Specimen Description The hide on the buffalo is incredibly thick and serves diffrent function such as keeping the animal warm, and covering the entire body, apart from that buffalos hid e is known to protects...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Bos Specimen Description Bulls have a thick hide which covered with short and tiny hairs the colour of the hair can varies from white, brown, red, and Black. Leather produced from cattle hides is also an important material...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Feliformia Family: Viverridae Genus: Paradoxurus Specimen Description The Asian palm civet have a soft skin which is easily recognizable by its coloration it varies from ashy black to dark black, the skin surface is covered with coarse hair, which gives...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Ovis Specimen Description Unlike their wild cousins the domestic sheep doesn’t have long and fluffy wool on their body instead they have short hairs, these hairs are tightly packed and varies color from white, brown and...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Suidae Genus: Sus Specimen Description The skin of the wild boar is so thick and tough with double coat of fur that can be brown, red, black or grey. Upper coat is composed of harsh, bristly hair. Undercoat is much...
