First North African record of a melanistic rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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作者
Bounaceur, Farid [1 ]
Abdelhamid, Djamel [1 ]
Djilali, Mohamed [2 ]
Lasgaa, Fatine [1 ]
Bissaad, Fatima Zohra [3 ]
Aulagnier, Stephane [4 ]
机构
[1] Tissemsilt Univ, Fac Sci & Technol, Equipe Rech Biol Conservat Zones Arides & Semiarid, Dept Sci Nat & Vie,Lab Agron Environm, Tissemsilt 38000, Algeria
[2] Univ Ibn Khaldoun, Dept Sci Nat & Vie, Tiaret 14000, Algeria
[3] Univ Mhamed Bouguerra, Dept Sci Nat & Vie, Boumerdes 35000, Algeria
[4] Univ Toulouse, Comportement & Ecol Faune Sauvage, INRAE, Castanet Tolosan, France
关键词
Algeria; Lagomorpha; melanistic; Oryctolagus cuniculus;
D O I
10.1515/mammalia-2023-0047
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
Although melanism is common in some mammal species, particularly in domestic forms, its occurrence in lagomorphs is rare. We report the first records of melanistic wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus in North Africa. These were obtained from a camera-trap set in Tiaret governorate, Algeria, in 2019 and 2020. Melanism is restricted to few species of Leporidae, genera Sylvilagus and Lepus. Dark rabbits have been reported to a new subspecies from Camargue (France), however this status is not recognized any longer.
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