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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doaj-511b5cd0c2774941841304a0b94c3d752020-11-25T00:22:24ZengPensoft PublishersSubterranean Biology1768-14481314-26152019-05-0130334010.3897/subtbiol.30.3422334223First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae)Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi0Xavier Prous1Mariane S. Ribeiro2Juliana Mascarenhas3Sebastião Maximiano Correa Genelhú4Matheus Henrique Simões5Tatiana Bezerra6Universidade Federal de LavrasVale, Environmental Licensing and SpeleologyVale, Environmental Licensing and SpeleologyUnaffiliatedUnaffiliatedVale, Environmental Licensing and SpeleologyVale, Environmental Licensing and Speleology 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 nature. Among bats, more than 450 cases of total or partial loss of body pigmentation have been reported. Herein we provide the first report of albinism for the bat species Peropteryx kappleri (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) with two such specimens being observed from iron formation caves in a conservation unit “Floresta Nacional de Carajás”, Amazon forest, northern of Brazil. https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/34223/download/pdf/ |
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Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi Xavier Prous Mariane S. Ribeiro Juliana Mascarenhas Sebastião Maximiano Correa Genelhú Matheus Henrique Simões Tatiana Bezerra First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) Subterranean Biology |
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Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi Xavier Prous Mariane S. Ribeiro Juliana Mascarenhas Sebastião Maximiano Correa Genelhú Matheus Henrique Simões Tatiana Bezerra |
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First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) |
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First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) |
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First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) |
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First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) |
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First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) |
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first record of albinism for the doglike bat, peropteryx kappleri peters, 1867 (chiroptera, emballonuridae) |
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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 nature. Among bats, more than 450 cases of total or partial loss of body pigmentation have been reported. Herein we provide the first report of albinism for the bat species Peropteryx kappleri (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) with two such specimens being observed from iron formation caves in a conservation unit “Floresta Nacional de Carajás”, Amazon forest, northern of Brazil.
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