First albinism report for the wild Guinea pig Cavia tschudii (Mammalia: Rodentia)

Dámaso W. Ramirez; Manuel Quispe-López; Diego Marcelo-Carranza; Víctor Pacheco

doi:10.15381/rpb.v26i4.17218

First albinism report for the wild Guinea pig Cavia tschudii (Mammalia: Rodentia)

Dámaso W. Ramirez, Manuel Quispe-López, Diego Marcelo-Carranza, Víctor Pacheco

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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.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	521-524
Number of pages	4
Journal	Revista Peruana de Biologia
Volume	26
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i4.17218
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019

Keywords

Albinism
Chromatic disorders
Coastal wetland
Coloring patterns
Peru
Phenotypes
Small mammals

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