First North African record of a melanistic rabbit, <i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First North African record of a melanistic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Published:2023-06-26 Issue:5 Volume:87 Page:511-513
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
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Author:

Bounaceur Farid¹,Abdelhamid Djamel¹,Djilali Mohamed²,Lasgaa Fatine¹,Bissaad Fatima Zohra³,Aulagnier Stéphane⁴

Affiliation:

1. Equipe de Recherche Biologie de la Conservation en Zones Arides et Semi-Arides, Laboratoire Agronomie Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et de Technologie, Département des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie , Tissemsilt University , Tissemsilt 38000 Algeria

2. Département des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie , Université Ibn Khaldoun , Tiaret 14000 , Algeria

3. Département des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie , Université M’hamed Bouguerra , Boumerdes 35000 , Algeria

4. Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage , INRAE, Université de Toulouse , Castanet-Tolosan cedex , France

Abstract

Abstract Although melanism is common in some mammal species, particularly in domestic forms, its occurrence in lagomorphs is rare. We report the first records of melanistic wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus in North Africa. These were obtained from a camera-trap set in Tiaret governorate, Algeria, in 2019 and 2020. Melanism is restricted to few species of Leporidae, genera Sylvilagus and Lepus. Dark rabbits have been reported to a new subspecies from Camargue (France), however this status is not recognized any longer.

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-2023-0047/pdf

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