TY - JOUR
T1 - Albinism in dasyurus species
T2 - A collation of historical and modern records
AU - Dunlop, Judy
AU - Peacock, David
AU - Moore, Harry
AU - Cowan, Mitchell
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A new record of an albino marsupial, the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), is described and placed in the context of 10 records since 1874 from all four Australian quoll species. Of the 10 previous records, one was D. hallucatus, seven are likely to be D. viverrinus, one D. maculatus and one unknown. The recent record comprises the live capture of a healthy adult female northern quoll from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Despite the rarity and likely deleterious nature of the albino condition, this animal appeared to be in good health, carrying eight pouch young, and was released at location of capture following tissue sampling for DNA analysis.
AB - A new record of an albino marsupial, the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), is described and placed in the context of 10 records since 1874 from all four Australian quoll species. Of the 10 previous records, one was D. hallucatus, seven are likely to be D. viverrinus, one D. maculatus and one unknown. The recent record comprises the live capture of a healthy adult female northern quoll from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Despite the rarity and likely deleterious nature of the albino condition, this animal appeared to be in good health, carrying eight pouch young, and was released at location of capture following tissue sampling for DNA analysis.
KW - albino
KW - Dasyurus hallucatus
KW - marsupial
KW - Pilbara
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U2 - 10.1071/AM19014
DO - 10.1071/AM19014
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85068774831
SN - 0310-0049
VL - 42
SP - 114
EP - 118
JO - Australian Mammalogy
JF - Australian Mammalogy
IS - 1
ER -