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A subcategory of TertiarySexualCharacteristics and LongHairIsFeminine, this is when female anthropomorphic animals have human-like heads of hair while their male counterparts do not. So while males are free to have what looks like a "bald" head (or at most, [[TuftOfHeadFur tufts of fur on their head indicating hair]]), females must have a more "obvious" indicator of their gender (the other option would be hiding the perceived "baldness" with hair accessories à la Minnie Mouse). Lions are probably the most common exception to this, since the male's mane is so universally known that switching it around would just look weird (although females with manes and males without them [[AluminiumChristmasTrees actually can exist]]).

Is the little sister trope to NonMammalMammaries and a subtrope of HumanoidFemaleAnimal and AnimalGenderBender. See AnimalFacialHair and FurryBaldness for male animal hair tropes.

* Eugly the rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has orange hair tied up in pigtails, while the rest of her body is pink. Subverted with her sister Pretty, who has EarsAsHair, and Kaeloo, who doesn't have any[[note]]This could either be because Kaeloo is a {{Hermaphrodite}}, or an amphibian.[[/note]].

* Rare non-animal example: ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' actually both inverts this, averts this, and plays this straight, where many of the vehicles in the film lack any "hair", except for Luigi and his Uncle Topolino, who have vinyl toupees; [[TheDragon Professor Z]] who has damaged wiring on his roof resembling a bald head; [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Rasta]][[DreadlockRasta carian]], who has black wiring on his roof resembling dreadlocks; and Signora Bernoulli, who has black wiring hiding under her scarf.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', the male ''Troodon''s only have a few feathers on their heads, the females' resemble human hairstyles. For example, the Conductor's mother's looks like curly hair, while Tricia's resembles a short bob.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', the male ''Troodon''s only have a few feathers on their heads, but the Conductor's mother has a mane of brown feathers that look like curly hair.

* WesternAnimation/{{Daisy Duck}} is occasionally a borderline example, depending on the show:

* In the flashback of ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'', Dusty's fiancée Daisy has short, humanoid hair. It's worth noting no other female animal character, like the feline bandits and Kitsune the Fox (from the prequel ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist''), have this feature.

* Although not a furry, Smurfette from ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' embodies the spirit of this trope: Males of a species can be bald but females must have plenty of head hair.

A subcategory of TertiarySexualCharacteristics and LongHairIsFeminine, this is when female anthropomorphic animals have human-like heads of hair while their male counterparts do not. So while males are free to have what looks like a "bald" head (or at most, [[TuftOfHeadFur tufts of fur on their head indicating hair]]), females must have a more "obvious" indicator of their gender (the other option would be hiding the perceived "baldness" with hair accessories à la Minnie Mouse). [[KingOfBeasts Lions]] are probably the most common exception to this, since the male's mane is so universally known that switching it around would just look weird (although females with manes and males without them [[AluminiumChristmasTrees actually can exist]]).

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* Inverted with lions. Some lionesses can have a mane, but it's very rare. Maneless male lions are more common.
* Hairless dogs can have fur left on the top of their heads, resembling a human-like head of hair. So can hairless guinea pigs or double-rex fancy rats.
* Though most don’t completely have humanlike head hair, many patterned cats appear to have a human like hairline. Notably, the harlequin (colored head markings, a colored tail, and medium or small body and leg color patches), cap-and-saddle (colored head markings, a colored tail, and a medium or large saddlelike patch), cow (colored head markings, a colored tail, and large body and leg color patches), and van (colored head patches and colored tail) white spotting patterns.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' has this for both of the main female dogs, although this is somewhat fitting due to their breeds. Rita, who's either an Afgan Hound or a Saluki, has long fur running down her head and ears. Likewise, Georgette is a poodle, whose fur has been cut in such a way that her ears resemble pigtails. Tito, however, is a male example, being a chihuahua who for some reason has a tuft of orange hair on his head.

* Topaz (who's a Yorkshire Terrier) from ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'' has flowing light brown hair that's [[RapunzelHair as long as she is tall]]. Pretty bizarre as no other Jewelpets, female or male, have such hair/fur.

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. Maid Marian achieves some flowing-hair effect by wearing a thin veil over a hat that fits neatly over her ears.

* In ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' male [[BeastMan Beastmen]] lose most of their cranial hair when they shift to beast form, while most Beastwomen keep theirs. Oddly main character Michiru's hair turns the same color palette as her tail, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue with black tips.]]

* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/EscapeFromPlanetEarth''--the female aliens from Baab have some sort of flap on their head which resembles hair, while the males are bald. The "hair" also tends to be [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair odd colors]]. See [[http://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/escape-from-planet-earth-movie-review.jpg here]] to compare [[ActionMom Kira]] to her husband and son.

* Flaky, the porcupine from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'', has her quills treated as long hair. They even react to a hair growth tonic in ''"Easy Comb, Easy Go"'', [[NeverTrustAHairTonic leading to catastrophic events.]] They're also [[MeaningfulName full of dandruff.]]

* In ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' male Beastmen lose most of their cranial hair when they shift to beast form, while most Beastwomen keep theirs. Oddly main character Michiru's hair turns the same color palette as her tail, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue with black tips.]]

** After growing ouf her quills. Amy's quills resembles hair even more than before.

* All the female characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' except Fern (who has [[EarsAsHair dog ears for hair]]), while most but not all of the male characters are "bald" (other than the fur). Francine's father is a strange combination - he's has fur and hair, but he's got Male Pattern Baldness leaving just fur on the crown of his head surrounded by hair. (He's a monkey, by the way.)

* Flaky, the porcupine from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'', has her quills treated as a long hair. They even react to a hair growth tonic in ''"Easy Comb, Easy Go"'', [[NeverTrustAHairTonic leading to catastrophic events.]] They're also [[MeaningfulName full of dandruff.]]
* Most male characters in ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' have little to no demarcation between head hair and bodily fur. Most female character (besides [[GonkyFemme Princess]]) have hair that is clearly separate and often a different color than the rest of their body. [[FraternalTwins Foo and Fee]], [[CartoonCreature whatever they are]], may be the most extreme contrast: Foo has a tuft of fur on each cheek and what appears to be either swirled IdiotHair or some kind of antenna. Fee has an enormous canopy of bright purple hair against brown fur.

** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''. Tina Russo also has a full head of hair, but an episode show that even her father (male) has hairs.

** A non-furry example happens with the anthropomorphic mushrooms known as "Toads". Female Toads have pigtails while males do not.

** Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998''. Rudolph and Arrow have blond-looking fur on their heads while Zoey does not.

A subcategory of TertiarySexualCharacteristics and LongHairIsFeminine, this is when female anthropomorphic animals have human-like heads of hair while their male counterparts do not. So while males are free to have what looks like a "bald" head (or at most, [[TuftOfHeadFur tufts of fur on their head indicating hair]]), females must have a more "obvious" indicator of their gender (the other option would be hiding the perceived "baldness" with hair accessories à la Minnie Mouse). [[KingOfBeasts Lions]] are probably the most common exception to this, since the male's mane is so iconic that switching it around would just look weird (although females with manes and males without them [[AluminiumChristmasTrees actually do exist]]).

* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' features this.

* Topaz (who's a Yorkshire Terrier) from ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'' has flowing light brown hair that's [[RapunzelHair as long as she is tall]]. Pretty bizarre as no other Jewelpets, female or male, have such hair/fur.

* PlayedWith in ''EscapeFromPlanetEarth''--the female aliens from Baab have some sort of flap on their head which resembles hair, while the males are bald. The "hair" also tends to be [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair odd colors]]. See [[http://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/escape-from-planet-earth-movie-review.jpg here]] to compare [[ActionMom Kira]] to her husband and son.