Title
New records of pigmentation disorders in molossid and phyllostomid (Chiroptera) bats from Peru
Date Issued
01 May 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Walter de Gruyter and Co.
Abstract
Pigmentation disorders, either from the complete absence (albinism), partial (leucism), or excess (melanism) of melanin, are rare in vertebrates. Worldwide, only a few records of these disorders had been reported for bats. Thanks to recent fieldwork and examination of museum specimens of the collections of the AMNH and MUSM, we report five species with those conditions in Peru. In this study, we report the first cases of leucism in Artibeus anderseni, Chiroderma trinitatum, and Desmodus rotundus and partial melanism in Carollia perspicillata. Additionally, we report the first record of an albino bat (Molossus molossus) for Peru. © 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston.
Start page
191
End page
197
Volume
78
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84899807533
Source
Mammalia
ISSN of the container
00251461
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation - 1020966.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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