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First North African record of a melanistic common genet (Genetta genetta Linnaeus, 1758)

Published:2021-06-04 Issue:5 Volume:85 Page:448-451
ISSN:0025-1461
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Author:

Ahmim Mourad¹,Aroudj Hafid²,Aroudj Farouk²,Saidi Saaid²,Aroudj Samir²

Affiliation:

1. Laboratoire de Recherche en Ecologie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Bejaia , Bejaia 06000 , Algeria

2. Collectif des Ecologistes Amateurs de Tichy, Wilaya de Bejaia , Bejaia , Algeria

Abstract

Abstract The common genet (Genetta genetta Linnaeus, 1758) is a rare and protected mammal species in Algeria. We report the first melanistic individual of this species ever recorded in North Africa. Such animals have only been recorded in Spain and Portugal so far. It is unclear why melanistic common genets seem to be so rare in its African range. More research is needed to determine the true occurrence of melanistic individuals, and what the evolutionary history of melanism is in common genets.

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-2020-0154/pdf

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