In other species: Bornean orangutan , goldfish , 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 , 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 ,

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: yes

Cross-species summary: Congenital lack of pigment in all parts of the body.

History: As reported by Laikre et al. (1996), "Albinism first occurred in the [Nordic zoos] population in 1972 when an albino cub was born in Helsinki zoo in Finland. Since then, at least an additional 11 albino individuals have been born. "

Inheritance: Laikre et al. (1996): "We have not performed a thorough inheritance study of the albinism in the brown bear, but there are no indications of a different mode of inheritance [i.e. not autosomal recessive] in the present population. "