Hair from animal or animal skin
Samples from animals may have come from a live animal (e.g. by brushing or plucking from the coat of a live animal; from hairs found in a hair tube trap1) or from a dead animal (e.g. by plucking hair from an animal killed in a trap, taxidermy specimens or study skins prepared as reference material2).
| Animal | Species | Common name | Sample details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat | Felis catus | Cat | Hair from study skin |
| Dog | Canis familiaris | Border collie | Hair from live adult |
| Dog | Canis familiaris | Domestic dog and dingo | Hair from study skin |
| Dog | Canis familiaris | NZ Pig dog | Hair from live adults |
| Goat | Capra hircus | Goat | Hair from study skin |
| Horse | Equus caballus | Horse | Hair from study skin |
| Human | Homo sapiens | Human (Pakeha, of European descent) | Scalp hair from adult human |
| Human | Homo sapiens | Human (ethnicity unknown) | Scalp hair from adult human |
| Mouse | Mus musculus | House mouse | Hair from study skin |
| Possum | Trichosurus vulpecula | Brushtail possum | Hair from study skin |
| Possum | Trichosurus vulpecula | Brushtail possum | |
| Possum | Trichosurus vulpecula | Brushtail possum | Hair from adult carcass |
| Rat | Rattus exulans | Kiore, Pacific rat | Hairs from adult and juvenile carcass |
| Rat | Rattus norvegicus | Norway rat, brown rat | Hair from study skin |
| Rat | Rattus rattus | Ship rat, black rat | Hair from study skin |
| Sheep | Ovis aeries | Border Leicester Cross | Hair from study skin |