The first report of albinism in a Sundaland endemic rodent-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The first report of albinism in a Sundaland endemic rodent

Published:2020-09-09 Issue:2 Volume:85 Page:168-172
ISSN:1864-1547
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Nations Jonathan A.¹²^ORCID,Mursyid Ahmad³,Darma Busta Ryski³,Adrian Sah Putra³,Handika Heru¹²^ORCID,Apandi ⁴,Achmadi Anang S.⁴,Esselstyn Jacob A.¹²

Affiliation:

1. Museum of Natural Science , Louisiana State University , 119 Foster Hall , Baton Rouge , LA 70803, USA

2. Department of Biological Sciences , Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge , LA 70803 , USA

3. Department of Biology , Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Andalas University , Padang , Sumatera Barat 25163 , Indonesia

4. Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense , Research Center for Biology , Cibinong , Jawa Barat 16911 , Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract Albinism, a congenital disorder that results in a lack of melanin deposition, is common in domesticated animals but rare in nature. Among the ∼2500 species of rodents worldwide, only 67 have published reports of albinism. Here we report the capture of an albino murid (Muridae: Rodentia) from Mt. Singgalang in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The specimen is an adolescent but sexually mature male Maxomys hylomyoides, a montane Sumatran endemic. To our knowledge, this specimen represents the first reported albino rodent from Indonesia and Sundaland, and only the second from Southeast Asia.

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation

NSF

The Coypu Foundation

Alfred L. Gardner and Mark S. Hafner Mammalogy Fund

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-2020-0047/pdf

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