A Study of The Structure of Hair As A Means of Mammal Identification

Author

Earl R. Oyer, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Biology

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The hair of small and medium sized mammals is often found in the stomachs, feces and pellets of predators , for example in the stomachs and feces of coyotes and in the pellets regurgitated by hawks and owls. These pellets produced by hawks and owls and the feces of mammalian predators are the undigested residue of what these animals have eaten. If the hair from these sources can be identified, then much desirable information concerning the food of predators can be obtained. The purpose of this study has been to determine whether or not such identification is possible.

Keywords

Pocket gopher, Prairies dog, Cottontail, Ground squirrel, Brown rat, House mouse, Jack rabbit, Western fox squirrel, Meadow mouse, Opossum, Nebraska deer mouse, Kangaroo rat, Harvest mouse, Kansas pocket mouse, Grasshopper mouse, Short-tailed shrew, Prairies spotted skunk, Prairies brown bat

Advisor

Dr. Lyman Dwight Wooster

Date of Award

Spring 1939

Document Type

Thesis

DOI

10.58809/HPQI3706

Recommended Citation

Oyer, Earl R., "A Study of The Structure of Hair As A Means of Mammal Identification" (1939). Master's Theses. 302.
DOI: 10.58809/HPQI3706
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/302

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