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• TITLE: Hair Analysis of Mammals of Brazilian Wildlife for Forensic Purposes

  AUTHORS: Tália Missen Tremori, Fernanda Marion Monteiro Garcia, Luis Mauricio Montoya Flórez, Bianca Picado Gonçalves, Bárbara Wagner Duarte Ferraz de Camargo, Claire Gwinnett, Carlos Roberto Teixeira, Noeme Sousa Rocha

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

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.8 No.3, July 25, 2018

  ABSTRACT: 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.