First records of albinism and leucism in <i>Ctenodactylus gundi</i> (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First records of albinism and leucism in Ctenodactylus gundi (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)

Published:2022-11-14 Issue:1 Volume:87 Page:61-65
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
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Author:

El-Farhati Haithem¹^ORCID,Nouira Saïd¹

Affiliation:

1. Research Unit Wildlife Ecology (UR17-ES44), Department of Biological Sciences, Tunis Faculty of Sciences , University of Tunis El Manar , 2092 Tunis , Tunisia

Abstract

Abstract Albinism and leucism are genetic disorders that cause atypical coloration. Herein, we present observation cases of hypomelanism not previously recorded in the literature for a Ctenodactylidae species. We report two observations of an albino and a leucistic specimens from two separate locations distant of 230 km in the central and southern Tunisia. The first observation was in Metlaoui (34°21′14.9″N 8°22′16.7″E) and the second in Ghomrassen (33°04′46.5″N 10°21′23.7″E). Certain factors can increase the chances of these atypical colorations in the natural population, but these phenotypes remain rare in rodents, especially in African species.

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-2022-0044/pdf

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