MORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL DIFFERENCES IN HAIRS OF SOME WILD MAMMALS OF DISTRICT JAMMU (J&K)

摘要

Hair is a characteristic feature of mammals; only mammals in the vertebrate group have hair, so the presence of hair somewhere directly makes us think of mammals and these hairs can be utilized for distinguishing different mammalian species depending upon the differences in their structure, size and colour. Mammalian hair identification helps us in studying the food habits of carnivores such as tigers, lions, panthers and large canids, where the food habits cannot be known by just following the animals and noticing what they eat, but the analysis of fecal matter containing hair will give the identity of the animal preyed upon. The knowledge of food habits of the organisms is very important from a management point of view.