Complete Albinism in a Northern Red-backed Vole, Myodes rutilus, in Alaska

Authors

  • Jackson S. Whitman Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, Nongame Program, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v123i2.696

Keywords:

Myodes rutilus, Northern Red-backed Vole, albino, Alaska

Abstract

During a study of small mammal abundance and species composition in interior Alaska, I collected a Northern Red-backed Vole (Myodes rutilus) showing complete albinism. This report documents that extremely rare occurrence, with notes on habitat and morphometrics.

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Vol. 123 No. 2 (2009)

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