Resumo
A female specimen was captured in a rock shelter located within a anthropogenic fragment of Atlantic Forest in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe. This specimen revealed leucism restricted to the pelage of the body, which was completely white, whereas the eyes, wings, legs, ears, snout, and nasal leaf were all coloured normally. The female was apparently well integrated into the group, ostensibly healthy, of normal size and carrying a late-term fetus.
Assuntos
Animais , Piebaldismo/veterinária , Pigmentação , Quirópteros , Transtornos da Pigmentação/veterinária , Cor de Olho , Fenômenos GenéticosResumo
A female specimen was captured in a rock shelter located within a anthropogenic fragment of Atlantic Forest in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe. This specimen revealed leucism restricted to the pelage of the body, which was completely white, whereas the eyes, wings, legs, ears, snout, and nasal leaf were all coloured normally. The female was apparently well integrated into the group, ostensibly healthy, of normal size and carrying a late-term fetus.(AU)
Assuntos
Animais , Piebaldismo/veterinária , Transtornos da Pigmentação/veterinária , Pigmentação , Quirópteros , Fenômenos Genéticos , Cor de OlhoResumo
One individual of Carollia perspicillata showing partial albinism (leucism) is reported in this study. The specimen was captured in a mist net at Estero Inés, San Francisco River Basin, located in the southwestern of Esmeraldas Province, northwestern Ecuador. The adult, female, presents a high degree of albinism over most of the body. This is the first report of leucism in Ecuador not only for bats, but for all small mammals.
Resumo
One individual of Carollia perspicillata showing partial albinism (leucism) is reported in this study. The specimen was captured in a mist net at Estero Inés, San Francisco River Basin, located in the southwestern of Esmeraldas Province, northwestern Ecuador. The adult, female, presents a high degree of albinism over most of the body. This is the first report of leucism in Ecuador not only for bats, but for all small mammals.