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Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Vulpes, 6 May 2010.

  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    no they're definitely not albino (despite all the articles on the internet saying they are). One of the twins died soon after birth, but I haven't found anything on the other one so I don't know if they managed to rear it or not.
     
  2. Vulpes

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    Just saw this in the Gallery

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    Dwarf Badger in Ireland.

    Vulpes- do you have any more information on those Dwarf Badgers on the Irish Island?. Not a colour mutation but certainly a mutation of sorts, as far as size goes. Any more photos or descriptions would be welcome. Are they confined to just the one island? What is the population estimate? What do they eat etc? When were they discovered?
     
  4. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    this is the paper on the badgers: Sleeman, D.P., Davenport, J., Cussen, R.E. & Hammond, R.F. (2009). The small-bodied Badgers (Meles meles (L.)) of Rutland Island, Co. Donegal. Irish Naturalists' Journal 30, pp 1-6.

    (I haven't found an online copy just yet)

    This is the dwarf badger thread: http://www.zoochat.com/2/dwarf-badgers-26106/
     
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    Rare albino echidna returned to the wild - Yahoo!7 News
     
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    Some years ago somebody wrote a book about an Albino badger they knew well in their area(can't remember whereabouts it was) I think it transpired thre were actually two different ones as one was run over(?) and another one was still seen afterwards (or something like that;)). They looked exactly like this one.
     
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    There used to be a large badger sett near Weymouth [same county as this badger but further south] which routinely produced 'white' [actually erythristic rather than albinos] badgers. The one in the Telegraph is erythristic.
     
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    I thought erythristic ones were the 'brown/reddish' coloured ones with fawn face stripes. Or are those leucistic? I believe the white ones are more truly albinos?
     
  11. Vulpes

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    Erythristic animals are reddish, those that lack their normal red/brown pigment are anerythristic.

    :p

    Hix
     
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    @ Vulpes - they quickly turned the normal color.
     
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    In the early 80's, London Zoo exhibited hairless ruffed lemurs in the Clore Pavillion as I recall. I have slides somewhere and if I can find and scan them, I'll try to post them. White bats or tent bats are found in Central America and I had the pleasure of seeing them in Costa Rica.
     
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    Wow, that tapir looks unreal. I'm surprised he made it to adulthood being that bright!
     
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    Heh, a while back I started running a blog for wild cetacean news, so I got a few pieces on color mutations in cetaceans. (that rhymes!)


    Check out this all-black Dall's porpoise they found in the 50's/60's.

    Text is in Japanese, but there are photos. Two white Risso's dolphins were caught in the Taiji drive hunt last year. What are the odds? Both have dark spots, so they aren't albino. A white Risso's dolphin was also recently spotted in Monterey Bay.

    Pretty recently, a white bottlenose dolphin found off the coast of Florida made the news.
     
  18. Vulpes

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    Any more info on the white rissos? they look like mini beluga!
     
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    Heh, I thought the same thing. I think they live at the Taiji Whale Museum, so if you want to find more information, you can start there. (though most sources will probably be in Japanese)
     
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    Albino fly river turtle

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