pelage

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Findings published today in Evolution, suggest that this is a result of relaxed selection, when environmental change eliminates or weakens the selection of a normally important trait -- in this case black and white pelage.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

His estimated birth year was determined by the condition of his pelage, or fur, and teeth.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022

Moratelli selects a small, compact individual with dark wings and a luxurious golden pelage.

From Nature • Feb. 17, 2015

Their pinnae are strongly reduced: essentially just being a slim semicircle of tissue concealed by pelage.

From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2014

The pelage of the young guanaco is a soft and beautiful fur—red on the back, like that of a Virginia deer, and shading into pure white underneath.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.