WHITE OR ALBINO ANIMALS
Added on: 5th Jul 2016
ALLIGATOR
It’s rare but albinism occurs in reptiles too. In 1995, an
albino alligator was born in Florida.
MOUSE
A small rodent notable for its typical pointed snout, the mouse
is normally greyish to brownish but as it is a common object of
laboratory experiments, an albino mouse is less rare than most
other albino animals.
GORILLA
In 1966, an albino western lowland gorilla was caught in
Equatorial Guinea. The specimen was then transported to
Barcelona zoo where he was given the name Snowflake
and lived until his death in 2004. He died of skin cancer
that was related to his albinism.
RABBIT
In rabbits, there are ten different colour gene groups but a
rabbit’s coat only has two pigments, pheomelanin (yellow)
and eumelanin (dark brown). Albino rabbits (with no pigment)
also occur sometimes.
ALLIGATOR GAR
Albinism can be seen in fish as well. One of the greatest
examples of an albino fish was this albino alligator gar.
Considered to be a living fossil, alligator gars are
usually brown, olive to grey or yellow.
JACKAL
The Jackal is a canid native to south eastern and central Europe,
Asia Minor, the Middle East, and South Asia. While most
jackals have colouration similar to that of a wolf, this
specimen spotted in Iran was completely white.
KOOKABURRA
In birds, albinism is not as rare as in other animals but spotting
an albino bird is still something special and unique.
Normally, kookaburras (kingfishers native to Australia
and New Guinea) have colourful plumage.
BURMESE PYTHON
One of the largest snakes in the world, the Burmese python is
a dark-coloured snake with many brown blotches bordered
in black down the back. Unless it is an albino like this
specimen kept in a Japanese zoo.
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