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Coat (animal)

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Coat is the nature and quality of a mammal's pelage. [1]

28 relations: Animal fancy, Animal husbandry, Australian Shepherd, Breed standard, Cat, Cat coat genetics, Cat show, Clothing, Coat (dog), Conformation show, Dalmatian dog, Dog, Equine coat color, Equine coat color genetics, Fur, Hair, Horse show, Horse showmanship, Mammal, Merle (dog coat), Pet, Pinniped, Polar bear, Rug (animal covering), Selective breeding, Tabby cat, Terrier, Wool.

Animal fancy

Animal fancy is a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding of pet or domestic animals.

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Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products.

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Australian Shepherd

The Australian Shepherd, often known simply as the "Aussie", is a medium-sized breed of dog that was, despite its name, developed on ranches in the Western United States during the 19th century.

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Breed standard

A breed standard (also called bench standard or standard of points) in animal fancy and animal husbandry is a set of guidelines which is used to ensure that the animals produced by a breeder or breeding facility conform to the specifics of the standardized breed.

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Cat

The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.

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Cat coat genetics

Cat coat genetics affect the coloration, pattern, length, and texture is a complex subject, and many genes are involved.

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Cat show

A cat show is a judged event where the owners of cats compete to win titles in various cat registering organizations by entering their cats to be judged after a breed standard.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes and attire) is a collective term for garments, items worn on the body.

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Coat (dog)

The coat of the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) refers to the hair that covers its body.

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Conformation show

A conformation show, also referred to as a breed show, is a kind of dog show in which a judge familiar with a specific dog breed evaluates individual purebred dogs for how well the dogs conform to the established breed type for their breed, as described in a breed's individual breed standard.

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Dalmatian dog

The Dalmatian is a breed of medium-sized dog, noted for its unique black or liver spotted coat and mainly used as a carriage dog in its early days.

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Dog

The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the gray wolf or Canis familiaris when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus Canis (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.

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Equine coat color

Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings.

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Equine coat color genetics

Equine coat color genetics determine a horse's coat color.

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Fur

Fur is the hair covering of non-human mammals, particularly those mammals with extensive body hair that is soft and thick.

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Hair

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.

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Horse show

A horse show is a judged exhibition of horses and ponies.

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Horse showmanship

Showmanship is an event found at many horse shows.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Merle (dog coat)

Merle is a pattern in a dog's coat.

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Pet

A pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, protection, or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or laboratory animal.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.

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Polar bear

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses.

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Rug (animal covering)

A rug (UK), blanket (Equine and other livestock, US), or coat (canine and other companion animals, US) is a covering or garment made by humans to protect their pets from the elements, as in a horse rug or dog coat.

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Selective breeding

Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.

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Tabby cat

A tabby is any domestic cat (Felis catus) that has a coat featuring distinctive stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with a mark resembling an 'M' on its forehead.

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Terrier

A terrier is a dog of any one of many breeds or landraces of the terrier type, which are typically small, wiry and fearless.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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Coat (conformation point), Ground hair, Underfur.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_(animal)

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