Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)
We compared the morphology and thermal characteristics of winter pelage from two Siberian musk deer Moschus moschiferus (aged 5 and 41 mo.; 5.7 and 9.5 kg) and two Eurasian reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus (aged >48 mo.; 73 and 79 kg). The depth of the fur over the back of musk deer was less (...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:632fc97c11b44af69309cc084b995a65 2023-05-15T18:03:59+02:00 Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) Arnoldus Schytte Blix Petter H. Kvadsheim Marina V. Kholodova Vladimir E. Sokolov Edward B. Messelt Nicholas J. C. Tyler 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.35.1.3575 https://doaj.org/article/632fc97c11b44af69309cc084b995a65 EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/3575 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.35.1.3575 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/632fc97c11b44af69309cc084b995a65 Rangifer, Vol 35, Iss 1 (2015) Musk deer kabarga insulation fur temperature regulation Animal culture SF1-1100 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.35.1.3575 2022-12-31T00:04:28Z We compared the morphology and thermal characteristics of winter pelage from two Siberian musk deer Moschus moschiferus (aged 5 and 41 mo.; 5.7 and 9.5 kg) and two Eurasian reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus (aged >48 mo.; 73 and 79 kg). The depth of the fur over the back of musk deer was less (approximately 30 mm) than in reindeer (approximately 40 mm). Guard hairs of musk deer were longer (mean = 50.0 mm) and had greater diameter at half-length (mean = 314.4 μm) than those of reindeer (mean = 38.6mm and = 243.9 μm, respectively). The thermal characteristics (thermal conductivity and resistance) of the winter pelage of the two species were nevertheless similar (0.057 W·m-1·K-1 and 0.79 K·m2·W-1; and 0.037 W·m-1 ·K-1 and 1.00 K·m2·W-1, respectively) despite a tenfold difference in their body mass. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Rangifer 35 1 53 |
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We compared the morphology and thermal characteristics of winter pelage from two Siberian musk deer Moschus moschiferus (aged 5 and 41 mo.; 5.7 and 9.5 kg) and two Eurasian reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus (aged >48 mo.; 73 and 79 kg). The depth of the fur over the back of musk deer was less (approximately 30 mm) than in reindeer (approximately 40 mm). Guard hairs of musk deer were longer (mean = 50.0 mm) and had greater diameter at half-length (mean = 314.4 μm) than those of reindeer (mean = 38.6mm and = 243.9 μm, respectively). The thermal characteristics (thermal conductivity and resistance) of the winter pelage of the two species were nevertheless similar (0.057 W·m-1·K-1 and 0.79 K·m2·W-1; and 0.037 W·m-1 ·K-1 and 1.00 K·m2·W-1, respectively) despite a tenfold difference in their body mass. |
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Arnoldus Schytte Blix Petter H. Kvadsheim Marina V. Kholodova Vladimir E. Sokolov Edward B. Messelt Nicholas J. C. Tyler |
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Arnoldus Schytte Blix Petter H. Kvadsheim Marina V. Kholodova Vladimir E. Sokolov Edward B. Messelt Nicholas J. C. Tyler |
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Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
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Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
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Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
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Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
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Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
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superb winter fur insulation in the small siberian musk deer (moschus moschiferus) |
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