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((About|an animal's natural fur|garments worn by animals|Rug (animal covering)|coats made from animal fur|Fur clothing))((Refimprove|date=July 2007))
((short description|Nature and quality of a mammal's pelage))
[[File:Mustela winter.jpg|thumb|right|A [[least weasel]] (''Mustela nivalis'') displaying a white winter coat in [[Poland]]. In warmer seasons and climates, weasels have predominantly brown coats.]]

'''Coat''' is the nature and quality of a [[mammal]]'s [[fur]]. In the [[animal fancy]], coat is an attribute that reflects the quality of a specimen's [[Selective breeding|breeding]] as well as the level of the animal's [[Animal husbandry|care, conditioning, and management]]. Coat is an integral aspect of the judging at competitions such as a [[Conformation show|conformation dog show]], a [[cat show]], a [[horse show]] (especially [[Horse showmanship|showmanship classes]]), or a [[American Rabbit Breeders Association#Rabbit shows|rabbit show]].

The pelage of a show animal may be divided into different types of [[hair]], [[fur]] or [[wool]] with a texture ranging from downy to spiky. In addition, the animal may be single-coated or may have a number of coats, such as an [[Fur#Down hair|undercoat]] and a topcoat (also called an ''outer coat'' or, sometimes, ''overcoat''), which is made up of [[Fur#Guard hair|guard hair]]. The state of the coat is considered an indication of the animal's [[selective breeding|breeding]] and health.

Animals might have different coat quality for different seasons. Normally, animals with fur or hair body coats may develop a thicker and/or longer winter coat in colder times of the year, which will shed out to a shorter, sleeker, summer coat as the days lengthen into spring and summer. This process may not occur in a noticeable fashion in climates that are warm year-round, though animals may nonetheless shed their coats periodically. The process may also be minimized by artificially keeping the animal blanketed, or, in the case of small animals, housed indoors.

[[Pinniped]]s and [[polar bear]]s have longer guard hairs forming the most visible [[fur]];<ref>Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich, Kit M. Kovacs, Pieter Arend Folkens, Peter J. Adam. 2006</ref> polar bears' guard hairs are hollow.

Some considerations in judging the quality of an animal's coat:

*Colour (coat colour other than those allowed in the [[breed standard]] results in disqualification)
*Markings (distribution of colour, spots, and patches; for example the spotted coat of a [[Dalmatian (dog)|Dalmatian]] and the [[Merle (coat colour in dogs)|merle]] coat of an [[Australian Shepherd]] are distinctive; the markings of a [[terrier]] vary.)
*Pattern (specific, predictable markings; [[tabby]], for example is a common pattern in [[cat]]s)
*Texture of hair (smooth, rough, curly, straight, broken)
*Length of hair
*Health of hair coat (shiny or dull, brittle or flexible, etc.)

== References ==
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==See also==
*[[Cat coat genetics]] for details about [[cat]]'s coats
*[[Coat (dog)]] for details about [[dog]]'s coats
*[[Equine coat color]] and [[Equine coat color genetics]] for information on the coats of horses
*[[Fur]]

[[Category:Animal hair]]

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