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| Talamoni,Sonia; Viana,Pedro Igor Macario; Costa,Claudia Guimarães; Palú,Lauro; Oliveira,Raphaela Barcelos; Pessôa,Leila Maria. |
| Abstract The occurrence of anomalous coloration (albinism, leucism and melanism) in mammals is a rare phenomenon in nature, but this phenomenon has been reported for several species of mammals. In this study, we report on the occurrence of leucism in Eira barbara by examining three road-killed individuals and two sightings of live animals in Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Santuário do Caraça, southeastern Brazil. In addition, we examined tayra specimens housed in mammal collections from Brazil and USA. The animals found dead and those sighted had a whitish yellow fur on the body and head, resulting in lighter coloration than the coloring pattern commonly observed in tayras. Despite these lighter color pattern, the specimens showed parts of soft... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leucism; Fur coloration; Tayra; Serra do Caraça. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032017000300205 |
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