First albinism report for the wild Guinea pig Cavia tschudii (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Original title: Primer reporte de albinismo para el cuy silvestre Cavia tschudii (Mammalia: Rodentia)
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- Manuel Quispe-López,
- Diego Marcelo-Carranza,
- Víctor Pacheco
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- Museo de Historia Natural, Lima,
- Universidad Científica del Sur,
- Centro de Ornitologia YBiodiversidad
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Pages 521-524 (4 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Revista Peruana de Biologia (Volume 26, Issue 4)Publication milestones
- Published - 2019
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Published - 2019
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1561-0837Publication IDs
- Scopus: 85079682686
Abstract
In wild mammals, atypical coloration patterns such as albinism occur at a low frequency and are poorly reported in the literature. Therefore, discovery of cases of coloration anomalies are important to better understand this phenomenon. Here, we describe the first reported case of albinism in Cavia tschudii "Wild Guinea Pig" from the central coast of Peru. This discovery also represents the first record of albinism for the genus Cavia in the Neotropics.
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