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ID NOTES AND GUIDES Identification Notes and Guides for Wildlife Law Enforcement This section contains specific techniques for identifying a variety of selected animals. Most notes are illustrated to facilitate identification. Identification Notes are written at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory. The categories include: Mammals You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF documents. Tusk or Bone?: An Example of Fake Walrus Ivory in the Wildlife Trade (PDF 266 KB) Comparison of Black Bear Paws to Human Hands and Feet (PDF 422 KB) Distinguishing Real vs Fake Tiger Penises (PDF 583 KB) Bear Claws - Real and Fake (PDF 1056 KB) Bear and Cat Claws (PDF 407 KB) Identification Guidelines for Shahtoosh and Pashmina (PDF 3377 KB) Bontebok, Blunt, Le Bonte, Blesbok, Blessbock. (PDF 139 KB) Grevy's zebra; Mountain, Cape mountain, or Hartmann's zebra; Plains, Grant's, Chapman's, Burchell's, Damaraland, Bohm's, Selous's bontequagga zebra (respectively). (PDF 146 KB) Mammalian Teeth Based On Function (PDF 289 KB) Distinguishing the Claws of Mammals and Birds (PDF 120 KB) Annotated bibliography for Mammal Bone Identification (PDF 242 KB) Microscopic Distinctions in the Kemp Fibers of the Tibetan Antelope (PDF 5190 KB) Identification of Ocelot, Margay, and Leopard Cat Pelts (PDF 3869 KB) "Fangs" Distinguishing canine teeth of ursids and felids (PDF 153 KB) Identification of Mid-size Cat Skulls (PDF 418 KB) Recognizing Decorative Body Feathers of Pheasants and Related Birds (PDF 58 KB) What is "Marabou"? (PDF 694 KB) Identifying Wings of North American Grouse, Prairie Chickens,Pheasant, and Partridge (PDF 848 KB) Identifying the Flight Feathers of the Large Macaws (PDF 509 KB) Identification of Eagle Feathers and Feet (PDF 1499 KB) Differentiating the Tail Feathers of Band-tailed Pigeons and Rock Doves (PDF 457 KB) Differentiating the Tail Feathers of Mourning, White-winged and Inca Doves (PDF 475 KB) Wing Feathers (PDF 898 KB) Introduction to topography of the Avian wing Recognizing the Feet and Talons of North American Birds of Prey
Key to Families of Diurnal Birds of Prey (PDF 160 KB) Feather morphology (PDF 126 KB) Three galliform feather types common in the trade (PDF 127 KB) Distinguishing female Wood Ducks from female Mandarin Ducks. (PDF 104 KB) Recognizing the feathers of Gray Junglefowl. (PDF 157 KB) Scientific Name: Gallus sonneratii. Parts of a Bird (PDF 87 KB) Distinguishing the claws of mammals and birds (PDF 152 KB) Recognizing the wing flight feathers of Turkey and Peafowl. (PDF 182 KB) Recognizing the body feathers of male Ring-necked Pheasant. (PDF 269 KB) Fishing Flies (PDF 46 KB) Star-Patterned Tortoises. (PDF 1.51 MB) Yellow-footed tortoise, Red-footed Tortoise (respectively). (PDF 46 KB) Sea Turtles. (PDF 55 KB) Alligator, Crocodile, Caiman, Gharial. (PDF 131 KB) Loggerhead (sea) Turtle. (PDF 83 KB) Green (Sea) Turtle. (PDF 66 KB) Hawksbill (Sea) Turtle (PDF 78 KB) Olive Ridley (Sea) Turtle. (PDF 74 KB) Kemp's Ridley (Sea) Turtle. (PDF 77 KB) Snake scales. (PDF 86 KB) Tiger Salamander (PDF 54 KB) Tiger Salamander (PDF 75 KB) Tomato Frog (PDF 95 KB) FISH Dragonfish, arowana, bon tongue. (PDF 82 KB) Mitten crab, Shanghai crab, Chinese Mitten crab. (PDF 81 KB) Apple, red,or tiger coral; coral sea fan; red stone or limestone. (PDF 58 KB) Red-kneed tarantula, Red-legged tarantula. (PDF 82 KB)
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