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Report of an Albino Red Squirrel from Sainte-Luce, Quebec, Canada

Report of an Albino Red Squirrel from Sainte-Luce, Quebec, Canada

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Report of an Albino Red Squirrel from Sainte-Luce, Quebec, Canada

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Report of an Albino Red Squirrel from Sainte-Luce, Quebec, Canada

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Steuben: Humboldt Field Research Institute

Journal title

Northeastern naturalist, 2013-12, Vol.20 (4), p.N16-N18

Language

English

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Steuben: Humboldt Field Research Institute

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Contents

We report the observation of an albino male Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Red Squirrel) from Sainte-Luce in eastern Quebec, Canada. While occurrences of entirely albino individuals have been sporadically reported in the wild in other sciurid species, true albinism is rare in T. hudsonicus. That albino sciurids can survive in the wild may be related to t...

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Report of an Albino Red Squirrel from Sainte-Luce, Quebec, Canada

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1468382830

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1468382830

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ISSN

1092-6194

E-ISSN

1938-5307

DOI

10.1656/045.020.0411

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