Occurrence of Albino and Melanistic Coyotes in Michigan

Island Populations and Gene Flow in the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus leucopus

“…The colony on Hump died out during the winter, but this probably was because food supplies were exhausted by the dense population. Cameron (1962) and Ozoga and Phillips (1964) found that the ecological distribution of Peromyscus maniculatus and other rodents was somewhat different on islands than on the mainland. They believe that this may result from the impoverished faunas of the islands, which results in different patterns of competition.…”

Albino and melanistic genets (Genetta genetta) in Europe

“…The partial or total lack of melanin pigment (albinism, hypomelanism and leucism) is much less common in wild carnivores (e.g. Ozoga and Harger 1966). White phenotypes are generally absent in the wild given that albinism has no adaptive significance, except in cold and snow-covered regions, and thus mutants are removed from populations rapidly (Caro 2005).…”