First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae)

Albinism is a type of deficient in melanin production could be the result of genetic anomalies that are manifest as the absence of coloration of part or the entire body of an organism. This type of chromatic disorder can affect several vertebrate species, but is rarely found in nat...

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Main Authors: Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi, Xavier Prous, Mariane S. Ribeiro, Juliana Mascarenhas, Sebastião Maximiano Correa Genelhú, Matheus Henrique Simões, Tatiana Bezerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-05-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/34223/download/pdf/