Albinism in Brazilian common opossums (Didelphis aurita)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Albinism in Brazilian common opossums (Didelphis aurita)

Published:2021-04-20 Issue:5 Volume:85 Page:452-454
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
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Author:

Vanstreels Ralph Eric Thijl¹^ORCID,Araújo Caroline Reis¹,Hurtado Renata¹,Bhering Renata C. C.¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Research and Rehabilitation of Marine Animals , Rodovia BR-262, km 0 , Jardim América , CEP 29140-130 , Cariacica , Espírito Santo , Brazil

Abstract

Abstract Albinism has been sporadically recorded in Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) in the United States and Mexico, but records of pigmentation disorders in other Didelphis spp. are rare. The Brazilian common opossum (Didelphis aurita) is a cat-sized nocturnal omnivorous marsupial that inhabits Atlantic and Araucaria forests in South America. A litter of five young Brazilian common opossums was rescued at Espírito Santo state, southeast Brazil, of which two were albinos (one male, one female) and the remaining had normal pigmentation (three males). The two albinos had a complete lack of integumentary and retinal pigmentation, representing the first recorded cases of albinism in this species (and the first record in a Didelphis sp. other than the Virginia opossum).

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-2020-0175/pdf

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