OMIA:002280-61388 : Coat colour, albinism, generic in Prionailurus viverrinus

In other species: Bornean orangutan , rainbow trout , axolotl , African clawed frog , turkey vulture , American black bear , Campbell's desert hamster , meadow voles , western chorus frog , grass carp , Sumatran tiger , grivet , dog , sheep , brown bear , Arizona pocket mouse , nutria , eastern chipmunk , rufous rat-kangaroo , hippopotamus , hares , northern pocket gopher , North American deer mouse , golden hamster , gray short-tailed opossum , American bison , raccoon , , taurine cattle , Golden-bellied Water Rat , Ash-gray Pseudomys , brown desert mouse , Heath Pseudomys , bush rat , Australian dusky field rat , long-haired rat , giant uromys

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: no

Cross-species summary: Congenital lack of pigment in all parts of the body. See also Skin colour, albinism, generic

History: Giordano et al. (2013) reported "an adult albino fishing cat believed to have been captured in the Hail Haor region of Sylhet Division, Bangladesh".

Reference

2013 Giordano, A.J., Ali Reza, A.H.M., Feeroz, M.M. :
Albinism in the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) from the Haor Basin of Bangladesh CATnews 58:37-38, 2013.

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  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 22 Sep 2021