Affiliation:
1. Institute of Pathogens and Vectors, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Dali University , Dali , Yunnan Province 671000 , China
Abstract
Abstract
Albinism is a kind of anomalous hypopigmentation with a complete white pelage, and it is completely devoid of melanin in the skin, hair follicles and eyes. The present paper firstly reports two cases of adult mole shrews (Anourosorex squamipes) with albinism, which were found in Sichuan province of southwestern China. The two female mole shrews show a complete white pelage. Stained by the soil, the albinistic mole shrews show a yellowish white color. Besides the same morphological characteristics, all the body parameters of the two albinistic mole shrews are within the parameter range of the six normal mole shrews captured at the same site.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Major Science and Technique Programs in Yunnan Province
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics