First record of albinism in the paca Cuniculus paca (Rodentia, Cuniculidae) in southeast Mexico

By

García-Casimiro, Erika
Santos-Moreno, Antonio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-7-6

Original Publication

Neotropical Biology and Conservation

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

195--200

Subjects

camera trapping , Hystricomorpha , Melanin , Neotropical Mammals , pigmentation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Brazil Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.15.e50951

 

Abstract

Even though there have been reports of anomalies in the colouration of several species of neotropical mammals, these events are considered to be rare within natural populations. Here we report the first case of albinism in the paca (Cuniculus paca). During the months of June and July 2017, we obtained several images of an adult albino male using camera traps in the region of Sierra Norte in Oaxaca, in the southeast of Mexico, in a medium subdeciduous forest.