Author(s)

Tália Missen Tremori^1*, Fernanda Marion Monteiro Garcia¹, Luis Mauricio Montoya Flórez¹, Bianca Picado Gonçalves², Bárbara Wagner Duarte Ferraz de Camargo¹, Claire Gwinnett³, Carlos Roberto Teixeira⁴, Noeme Sousa Rocha¹

¹Department of Veterinary Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil.
²Department of Genetics, Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil.
³Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences, University of Staffordshire, Staffordshire, UK.
⁴Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science , Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil.

Wildlife trafficking is classified as the fourth largest illegal commerce in the world. Taxonomic identification of wildlife is an ordinary process for forensics experts. The aim of this study was to analyze animal’s hair from Brazilian’s wildlife through microscopic and compare morphology of bristle among species analyzed. Hair samples of nine species were analyzed. Glass slides were analyzed through optical microscopy and following measurements were obtained: total length, medulla diameter, overall diameter and overall ratio diameter of the medulla’s diameter. The images obtained at identification of animals through the morphology of hair and the statistics analysis corroborates in favor for the validation of the technique.

Forensic Zoobiology, Hair Analysis, Veterinary Forensic Medicine, Animal Expertise, Animal Trafficking, Smuggling

Tremori, T. , Garcia, F. , Flórez, L. , Gonçalves, B. , de Camargo, B. , Gwinnett, C. , Teixeira, C. and Rocha, N. (2018) Hair Analysis of Mammals of Brazilian Wildlife for Forensic Purposes. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 8, 335-345. doi: 10.4236/ojas.2018.83025.