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.