Record of melanism in Simosciurus nebouxii (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Ecuador
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https://doi.org/10.59763/mam.aeq.v6i.89Keywords:
Coastal deciduous forest, melanism, pigmentation, White-napped SquirrelAbstract
Melanism is a mutation that produces an excess of dark pigmentation. In this study, we report 18 cases of melanism in the White-napped Squirrel (Simosciurus nebouxii), recorded from the dry forest in the Loja province, southwest Ecuador. With this report, the number of mammal species with cases of melanism in Ecuador rises to six.
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