Mutations

Vulpes said:
The animal in picture A is a pure bred silver fox Vulpes vulpes however you would be forgiven for thinking it was a collie pup or some sort of dog fox hybrid!
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That fox experiment is really interesting- unbelievably collie-like result. Like Pertinax says it is interesting how that 'dutch rabbit' patterning is common across many domestic species- you see it in dogs (not just collies, also jack russells, some hounds etc), cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, goats, the blaze on the face is seen in some sheep breeds too. There are always differences depending on the species, but they're all fairly similar, particularly the face. I suppose it's to do with the genetics of pigmentation expression, the co-linking of certain patches to create those same certain shapes time and time again.

In birds you get certain features that crop up a lot too. Neck rings, and cheek spots etc that lots of species seem to have. You often notice common features like that coming through in strange hybrid geese and ducks.

Not my photo, but this is an interesting one:-
http://www.wiresnr.org/images/albinoFrogmouth013sm.jpg

and these albino bats look weird:
http://www.yousaytoo.com/gallery_image/pics/0/98/39/182100/original/remote_image_16891_0.jpg
 
I think that bottom left bat is not an albino but a Honduran white bat, the other two look like genuine albinos. The Tawny frog mouth is strange looking!

There are some common traits that crop up in domestic birds, although I think the only true domesticated birds are poultry, ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys and pigeons. Frizzled feathers, tufts on their heads and extra toes are found across these species.

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@All: Please don't confuse leucism with albinism.
[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism]Leucism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism]Albinism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

The leucistic chimpanzee called "Pinkie" died in 2002.
Gorilla Haven - Pinkie and bushmeat trade

Interesting colour morphs in the Asian black bear:
Living on Earth: Search for the Golden Moon Bear

Regarding white deer: check out the white red deer at Žehušice (CZ):
krajina
 
Vulpes said:
I think that bottom left bat is not an albino but a Honduran white bat, the other two look like genuine albinos. The Tawny frog mouth is strange looking!

There are some common traits that crop up in domestic birds, although I think the only true domesticated birds are poultry, ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys and pigeons. Frizzled feathers, tufts on their heads and extra toes are found across these species.
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Honduran white bats have a nose leaf. It might be a white species, rather than an albino/leucistic, but I don't think it's a Honduran white bat if it is.

We used to keep and show Polish chickens like the one in the last photo.

The pigeon looks horrible- as though it is ill! I can't expect a mutation like that does much good for a bird (Silly humans:rolleyes:).

Google Image Result for http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/06/26/migaloo_wideweb__470x352,0.jpg
This is pretty cool. I guess the Australian's have heard of this one before. Also, some photos of White Sperm Whales on Google, real life Moby Dicks!
 
Never heard of the white red deer! very interesting! is this the only heard?

There is a picture of the little white chimp on that page in a baby outfit and it is very human like, quite scary actually!

the white whale is amazing, I have heard of other white cetaceans including a white orca!

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Regarding the pale Saharan cheetah, after the picture was published in the IUCN Action Plan, I was told that this particular individual was suffering from a skin disease along with other members of its family and although the Saharan cheetah is slightly lighter colored than other cheetahs, it normally does not look like this. Other pictures that were published of cheetahs in Algeria seem to confirm this.
 
The whale shark is one of the best so far. Amazing.

I'm finding, that for the most part, you can stick "albino (insert species name here)" into google images and most species turn something up (with the exception of 'rhino'.)

But this one struck me as more unusual - not just plain albino. A spotted zebra.
MUTATIONS
 
^Chris^ said:
I'm finding, that for the most part, you can stick "albino (insert species name here)" into google images and most species turn something up (with the exception of 'rhino'.)
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can also try words like xanthistic, melanistic, leucistic, etc followed by species name, for more variety.
 
Chlidonias;316865 and at the bottom is a picture of a bear that looks very similar to the one in Arizona Docent's photo from Houston (on the first page of this thread)[/QUOTE said:
Interesting, it may be the same bear. It seems the extra infusion of white marking has extended to the feet/toes.
Perhaps the bald ones have developed Alopecia?

The 'blue' Stork looks to me like it might have bathed in blue dye. Why should anybody do that deliberately?- its almost too bizarre..

The distribution of dark feathers on the Tawny Owl do make it look like a genuine semi-melanistic bird.
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^Chris^ said:
Honduran white bats have a nose leaf. It might be a white species, rather than an albino/leucistic, but I don't think it's a Honduran white bat if it is.
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Been trying to identify the bat and I think it is a Diclidurus albus or Ghost bat.

A Large white bat from Central and South America
 
I've been spending a bit too much time looking at this thread recently, but it's been a really slow, boring day of revision!

Was looking up zebrafinches (for an altogether different reason) and stumbled upon this little graphic which seems perfectly relevant to this thread. I know all these mutations are manmade, but still interesting to see just how much variety can be generated from one species.
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Thats a pretty good little tool, Id love to see one of those for royal python morphs or retic morphs! there are just so many and it gets so complicated!
 
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