First record of albinism in long-nosed mongoose <i>Xenogale naso</i> documented with camera traps in the Yoko Council Forest, Centre Cameroon-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First record of albinism in long-nosed mongoose Xenogale naso documented with camera traps in the Yoko Council Forest, Centre Cameroon

Published:2024-04-15 Issue:4 Volume:88 Page:316-319
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Massoh Gertruide D.¹^ORCID,Kirsten Iris²³,Wandji Alain C.¹,Difouo Ghislain F.¹,Simo Franklin T.¹,Breuer Thomas⁴,Bauer Hans⁵^ORCID,Kamgang Serge A.⁶,Bastin Didier³,Mvéimané André³,Ndiye Aurélien⁷,Tamesse Joseph L.⁸,Kekeunou Sévilor¹

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science , 201336 University of Yaoundé 1 , Yaoundé , Cameroon

2. African Parks , Zakouma National Park , Deleima , Chad

3. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), ProFEC , Yaoundé , Cameroon

4. World Wide Fund for Nature Germany , Reinhardstrasse. 18, 10117 Berlin , Germany

5. Wildlife Conservation Research Unit , 6396 University of Oxford , Tubney House OX13 5QL , Tubney , UK

6. Biodiversité Environnement et Développement Durable (BEDD) , Garoua , Cameroon

7. Council of Yoko , Yoko , Cameroon

8. Department of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Higher Teacher Training College , University of Yaoundé 1 , Yaoundé , Cameroon

Abstract

Abstract Color mutations are a common phenomenon in vertebrates. Among these anomalies, albinism is the most common in wild mammals. We deployed 78 camera traps across the Yoko Council Forest (YCF) to inventory medium to large-sized terrestrial mammals and we obtained a total effort of 17,981 operational camera trap days, giving 169 detections of long-nosed mongoose. During this study, we obtained two independent detections of albino long-nosed mongooses (Xenogale naso). To our knowledge, this is the first report of albinism in this taxon.

Funder

Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit, ProFE Cameroon

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0136/pdf

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