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- Title
First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil.
- Authors
Borloti, Ianna Sonegheti; Pimenta, Vinícius Teixeira; Ditchfield, Albert David
- Abstract
Piebaldism is a genetic pigmentation disorder, which is caused by absence of melanocytes in parts of the skin and/or hair follicles, with eyes and claws normally pigmented. The occurrence of piebaldism in natural populations is rare and the effects on fitness are still unknown. This article reports the first case of pigmentation disorders in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) caught in Barra do Triunfo, city of João Neiva, northeastern state of Espírito Santo, southeast Brazil.
- Subjects
SOUTHEAST Brazil; PIGMENTATION disorders; FRINGE-lipped bat; MELANOCYTES; HAIR follicles
- Publication
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2019, p1
- ISSN
1314-2836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/BDJ.7.e38304