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underfur
[ uhn-der-fur ]
noun
- the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat under the longer and coarser outer hair in certain animals, as seals, otters, and beavers.
underfur
/ ˈʌndəˌfɜː /
noun
- the layer of dense soft fur occurring beneath the outer coarser fur in certain mammals, such as the otter and seal Also calledundercoat
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The distance would be close, but not quite as deep, for Columbian mammoths, which may have lacked underfur.
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More than 200 impression slides and whole mounts of guard hair and underfur were prepared.
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In mice in the earlier stages of adulthood, underfur of the dorsum is buffy at the tips and gray basally.
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The width of a hair in the underfur is of no taxonomic significance, in that individual variation exceeds that between species.
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The guard hairs and underfur differ in different species (see figs. 35-37).
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Color: Darker throughout, especially on dorsal surface due to more black of the underfur; underparts deeper buff.
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