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First Record of Leucistic Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata) from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2023 Leucism is a genetic trait caused by a lack of melanin pigment in an animal’s skin, feathers, or fur. Unlike albinism, which is defined by a total lack of melanin synthesis, leucism is characterised by a partial loss of pigmentation.
Ankit Sinha, Preeti Gupta
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Color on color, what color is it?
Mammalogy Notes, 2023 Leucism is expressed as the almost total decoloration of certain or whole parts of the body, but preserving the typical color of eyes, nails, and skin. We show the first known case of leucism in a three-striped palm squirrel in Telangana, India. On 12th
Arockianathan Samson +2 more
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First record of leucism in Megaceryle torquata (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae) in Pantanal, Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 Silva-Alves, V. D., Sander, N. L., Nogueira Leucism, O. M. A., Grouw, Van, Grouw, Van, Kingfisher, Ringed, Alcedinidae, The, Lourenço, São, Grosso, Mato (2022): First record of leucism in Megaceryle torquata (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae) in Pantanal, Brazil.
Silva-Alves, V. D. +8 more
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Leucistic plumage as a result of progressive greying in a cryptic nocturnal bird
Scientific Reports, 2022 Leucism, broadly defined as the lack of melanin pigmentation, occurs in many animal species. Most studies on leucism and other colour aberrations are based on opportunistic observations or small cross-sectional samples, thus limiting our ability to ...
Carlos Camacho +5 more
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Partial and complete leucism in two Abrothrix species (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from central Chile [PDF]
, 2019 Rodents with leucism (a hypopigmentary congenital disorder) in the Neotropical region are rarely recorded. During field surveys in central Chile, we found in commercial Monterrey pine plantations a specimen of Abrothrix longipilis and a specimen of ...
Rubio Carrasco, André +1 more
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Mammalogy Notes, 2023 Phenotypic variation is common in vertebrates, especially if we consider geographic variations, however, mutations such as leucism, melanism, and albinism are not so common.
Victor Leandro-Silva +6 more
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First recorded case of leucism in the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) [PDF]
, 2022 The capture of a female specimen of the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax with abnormal skin coloration is reported. The specimen was captured off northern Spain (Bay of Biscay, North-eastern Atlantic) in 2021 by bottom trawling.
Martínez-Vázquez, J. M. (Juan Manuel) +5 more
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Chromatic leucism in the flap shell turtle, Lissemys punctata from Bangladesh [PDF]
Taprobanica, 2021 The spotted flap shell turtle, Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre, 1789) has a distribution in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. In Bangladesh, this species is widely distributed throughout the freshwater wetlands and the low-lying floodplains, coastal islands, and hill districts.
M.F. Rabbe +5 more
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Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2020 The present study reports a case of leucism in South American Lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa captured in Corrientes, Argentina. It was observed a change in cutaneous pigmentation, and it was concluded that it was leucism and not albinism, since there was ...
Luis A. Romano, Virgínia F. Pedrosa
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Leucism occurrence frequency in an island population of tayra (Eira barbara), in Roraima, Brazil: A comparative analysis with camera trap records [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaCarnivores have a wide variation of color patterns that serve both ecological and physiological functions. However, genetic mutations can lead to the appearance of unusual color patterns, which can directly influence the survival of individuals.
Natusha Cacau PINHEIRO-COSTA +1 more
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