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Name: Mark D.
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Date: 10/13/2003
Question:
I am told that all mammals have hair or fur of some sort. Where is hair found on dolphins?

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"Hair... may be greatly reduced in the Cetacea, where it is found as a few scattered bristles about the lips or often present only in the young." W. J. Hamilton, American Mammals.

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