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 | | Slight differences in the texture of epidermal surface may be due to the koala being observed several hours after death, while the human was alive. |
| | Our observations show that dermal ridges are not present on the paws of a close relative of a koala, the hairy nose wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons), whereas ridges occur in Phalanger maculatus (Dankmeijer, 1938), that is a member of another suborder, Phalangeriformes, but climbs trees. |
| | It seems therefore that dermal ridge patterns are heritable structures occurring on the skin of those mammalian extremities that are prehensile irrespective of the taxonomic affiliation of an animal. |
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