The first record of a piebald common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in offshore waters of the north-western Black Sea
Piebaldism is one of three types of hypopigmentation of animals, when some areas on the skin have no pigments. Anomalously white cetaceans are rare, although they have been reported in more than 20 different cetacean species, including the common bottlenose dolphin, which in the Black Sea is recogni...
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National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural History
2020-07-01
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Series: | Theriologia Ukrainica |
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Online Access: | http://www.terioshkola.org.ua/library/pts19-dama/TU1911-savenko.htm |