Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: P. leo Specimen Description Lions earn their moniker as king of beasts through efficient hunting and a lack of predators. One feature that puts them at the top of the food chain is their claws. The...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: P. leo Specimen Description Ligaments and tendons are part of the musculoskeletal system, with ligaments attaching bones to bones and tendons muscles to bones. Ligaments and tendons are made of dense layered collagen fibers, called fibrous...
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Capra Specimen Description Goat can have short- or long-haired coat. Most species have guard hair on the surface and soft insulating hair close to the skin. Goats with long, lustrous coat are highly appreciated in textile...
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...
