First record of albinism in a mustached bat (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae) from South America

Authors

  • Edson S. B. Leal Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, PE, Brasil. Laboratório de Ciência Aplicada à Conservação da Biodiversidade, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, PE, Brasil.
  • Daniel F. Ramalho Laboratório de Biologia e Conservação de Morcegos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/saremNMS.21.3.1

Keywords:

bat cave, Brazil, Caatinga, chromatic disorder, Pteronotus

Abstract

Chromatic alterations, including albinism, are rare in wild animals. In bats, at least 160 cases of albinism have been recorded in individuals from ten families. For Mormoopidae, a single case of albinism and two cases of piebaldism are known in the world. This paper documents the first case of albinism in Mormoopidae in South America, which represents the first record of pigmentation alteration in Wagner's mustached bat, Pteronotus personatus (Wagner, 1843) throughout its range. We provide a discussion on the impacts of interaction in roosts on fitness and survival of albino individuals.

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Views of an albino male specimen of Pteronotus personatus captured in the Furna do Morcego bat cave, Pernambuco, Brazil. Photos: Edson S.B. Leal.

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03/15/2021

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Leal, E. S. B., & Ramalho, D. F. (2021). First record of albinism in a mustached bat (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae) from South America. Notas Sobre Mamíferos Sudamericanos, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.31687/saremNMS.21.3.1

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