TY - JOUR
T1 - First records of hypopigmentation disorders in the Peters' ghost-faced bat Mormoops megalophylla (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae)
AU - Hernández-Aguilar, Itandehui
AU - Santos-Moreno, Antonio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2018.
PY - 2018/11/27
Y1 - 2018/11/27
N2 - The pigmentation process can be affected throughout development and result in aberrant pigmentation. This can derive not only from genetic mutations, but also from other sources like infectious diseases that result in color patterns which are different from those characteristic of each species. In bats, most pigmentation abnormalities have been observed in the families Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae, probably because they are the largest families in number of species and have been exceptionally well studied. For the Mormoopidae family only two cases are known. This paper documents the first case of hypopigmentation disorder in the bat Mormoops megalophylla throughout its range, recorded in two specimens captured in the state of Oaxaca, México.
AB - The pigmentation process can be affected throughout development and result in aberrant pigmentation. This can derive not only from genetic mutations, but also from other sources like infectious diseases that result in color patterns which are different from those characteristic of each species. In bats, most pigmentation abnormalities have been observed in the families Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae, probably because they are the largest families in number of species and have been exceptionally well studied. For the Mormoopidae family only two cases are known. This paper documents the first case of hypopigmentation disorder in the bat Mormoops megalophylla throughout its range, recorded in two specimens captured in the state of Oaxaca, México.
KW - Mexico
KW - Oaxaca
KW - coloration
KW - piebaldism
KW - pigmentation disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043758723&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/mammalia-2017-0075
DO - 10.1515/mammalia-2017-0075
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0025-1461
VL - 82
SP - 618
EP - 621
JO - Mammalia
JF - Mammalia
IS - 6
ER -