Species identification of mammalian hairs most often includes a morphological examination of the hair cuticle for classification of the scale pattern. Several techniques have been used for this purpose including microscopy of cuticula impressions in gelatine or cellulose-acetate (Loske 1964) and direct microscopy of hairs by use of incident illumination (Ewans 1963/64). A combination of these two methods has not previously been described as far as known to the author.