A short review and worldwide list of wild albino rodents with the first report of albinism in Coendou rufescens (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)

V Romero, CE Racines-Márquez, J Brito - Mammalia, 2018 - degruyter.com
Aberrant pelage color patterns such as albinism have been reported in some mammal
groups including rodents, but in spite of the group's richness, the phenomenon is relatively …

Congenital malformations in sea turtles: Puzzling interplay between genes and environment

R Martín-del-Campo, MF Calderón-Campuzano… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Congenital malformations can lead to embryonic mortality in many
species, and sea turtles are no exception. Genetic and/or environmental alterations occur …

First record of albino lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus 1758) in an important Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot

MB Landis, L Candisani, LP Munhoes, JCZ Gebin… - Mammalia, 2020 - degruyter.com
Albinism is the absence of pigmentation or coloration and is rarely found in nature. In this
study we examined photos and videos obtained by cameras traps in the Legado das Águas …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple colors in anteaters: review and description of chromatic disorders in Tamandua (Xenarthra: Pilosa) with reports of new and rare coat colorations

L Cotts, JP Slifkin, R Moratelli, L Gonçalves… - Zoologia …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Tamandua Gray, 1825 contains two species of anteaters: Tamandua mexicana (Saussure,
1860), which occurs in southern Mexico, throughout Central America and south to the west …

Anomalous pigmentation in invasive and native marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix penicillata (Primates, Callitrichidae), and their hybrids in Brazil

I Aximoff, MT Zaluar, A Pissinatti, PA Bastos… - Folia …, 2020 - karger.com
Leucism is the lack or reduction in pigmentation in the most or parts of the body, but not in
the eyes and body extremities. It is extremely rare in primates and has never been reported …

[HTML][HTML] Primer registro de leucismo en Dasyprocta fuliginosa (Dasyproctidae, Rodentia) en Ecuador

EG Mejía Valenzuela - Biota colombiana, 2019 - scielo.org.co
El leucismo es un desorden hipopigmentario congénito que ha sido descrito en varias
especies de mamíferos silvestres, como una condición anormal e inusual. Se presenta el …

Complete albinism in Oxymycterus dasytrichus (Schinz 1821) (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

R Stumpp, D Casali, H Cunha, A Paglia - Mammalia, 2019 - degruyter.com
Reports of albinism are available for several groups of mammals, including the secondmost
diverse family of Rodentia, Cricetidae. Nonetheless, in South America, where cricetid …

[PDF][PDF] First report of complete albinism in Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777) in the Biological Reserve of Tapirapé, Oriental Amazon, Brazil

R Ribeiro, DH de Siqueira-Silva - Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 2020 - redalyc.org
Albinism is a genetic condition that results in total hypopigmentation of the eyes, fur, skin,
hair, scales, and feathers of an organism. Albinism might result in a selective disadvantage …

Leucism in rodents: the first record for the mocó (Kerodon rupestris Wied-Neuwied, 1820), a rodent endemic to Brazil

HF Barreto, YRS Meneses, AB Galina… - Notas sobre …, 2023 - ojs.sarem.org.ar
Leucism is a skin color disorder that causes a total white or whitish coloration of the skin or
parts of the skin of the affected individual. In the present study, we present the first record of …

[HTML][HTML] Leucismo en el pez Lebiasina bimaculata (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) en Guayas, Ecuador

F Nugra, F Anaguano-Yancha, C Arízaga, E Zárate… - Biota …, 2018 - scielo.org.co
El leucismo es una aberración cromática poco frecuente, manifestada por la ausencia total
o parcial de melanina en la piel. Este estudio reporta un caso de leucismo en el pez …