The coat of a mammal, consisting of hair, fur, or wool.
The entire coat of hair or fur, including the soft, furry undercoat as well as the coarse guard hairs, on a mammal.
the fur or other soft surface covering of a mammal (Morris 1992).
growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
The fur or hair covering a mammal.
a mammal's outer coat of fur.
The fur coat or covering.
the hairy covering of a mammal.
A mammal's coat, composed of fur and guard hairs.
In mammals, pelage is the hair, fur, or wool that covers the animal. In many mammals, the pelage is made up of more than one type of hair. Some of the most prominent types of hair that make up the pelage include guard hairs (such as the defensive spines of porcupines), bristles (which make up the mane of lions), and the underfur, which traps in air to maintain temperature.