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Abstract

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Presentamos el registro de un individuo de oso hormiguero norteño (Tamandua mexicana) con color de pelaje anormalmente blanco. Este individuo fue fotografiado con una cámara trampa en el bosque seco ecuatorial en el departamento de Lambayeque, a 560 m de altitud, en del noroeste del Perú. No pudimos diferenciar si la causa de esta aberración cromática correspondió a un caso de albinismo o de leucismo, sin embargo, destacamos este primer registro excepcional para la especie en Perú. Adicionalmente, hacemos una revisión de su presencia en el extremo sur de su distribución global.

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Abstract

We present the record of an individual of northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) with abnormal white coloration that was photographed with a camera trap in the equatorial dry forest in the department of Lambayeque, at elevation of 560 m, northwest Peru. We could not determine if this chromatic aberration was a case of leucism or albinism, but we highlight this uncommon record as the first for Peru. We also revised the information about its presence in the southern portion of its global range.

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Title
Registro de coloración anormal del oso hormiguero norteño Tamandua mexicana (Saussure, 1860) y notas sobre su límite sur de distribución
Author
More, Alexander; Vallejos, José; Sánchez, Isaí; Vallejos, Javier; Piana, Renzo P; Appleton, Robyn D
Pages
1-6
Section
NOTA CIENTÍFICA
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Feb 2021
Publisher
Leonardo Romero Chumpitaz, Editor Jefe
ISSN
15610837
e-ISSN
17279933
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
2526342698
Copyright
© 2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.