The first record of partial xanthochromism in big-eared opossum, <i>Didelphis aurita</i> (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The first record of partial xanthochromism in big-eared opossum, Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

Published:2023-10-18 Issue:6 Volume:87 Page:583-586
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Cotts Leonardo¹^ORCID,Prestes Stella Barbara Serodio²^ORCID,Pires Jeferson Rocha³,Mathias Maria da Luz⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. cE3c - Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), Edifício C2 , Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa , Portugal

2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Museologia e Patrimônio, Centro de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Unirio) , Avenida Pasteur, 458, Urca, CEP: 22290-250 , Rio de Janeiro , RJ , Brazil

3. Centro de Recuperação de Animais Selvagens do Rio de Janeiro (CRAS), Campus Vargem Pequena, Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA) , Estrada da Boca do Mato, 850, Vargem Pequena, CEP: 22783-320 , Rio de Janeiro , RJ , Brazil

4. CESAM - Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), Edifício C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa , Portugal

Abstract

Abstract Didelphis aurita is an abundant South American didelphid. Chromatic disorders are rare and scarcely known in marsupials. We report and describe the occurrence of xanthochromism (yellowish coloration) in D. aurita, being the first record of this anomaly for opossums. The emergence of the xanthochromism correlated with the anthropogenic stress in urban-sylvatic interface suggests that chromatic disorders may serve as useful bioindicators of the health of wildlife in disturbed environments.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0104/pdf

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