AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 18h ago6/10
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Beyond Humans: Multispecies Animal Face Recognition Using Transfer Learning
Researchers demonstrate that transfer learning with Vision Transformer (ViT) models can effectively identify individual animals across multiple species—dogs, primates, and cattle—achieving up to 96.85% verification accuracy on dogs without species-specific training data. This non-invasive facial recognition approach could replace physical identification methods like microchips for pet recovery, endangered species tracking, and agricultural monitoring.