First record of a leucistic sub-Antarctic fur seal

dc.contributor.authorJones, Christopher W.
dc.contributor.authorRisi, Michelle M.
dc.contributor.authorOsborne, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorBester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
dc.contributor.emailmnbester@zoology.up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T06:55:21Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.description.abstractAnomalous pelage colourations have been reported to occur in several pinniped species and can potentially be used to assess gene flow amongst conspecific populations. Aberrant pelage colour has not been documented in sub-Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis older than pups. Sub-Antarctic fur seals were inspected on two of the beaches at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean, in the austral summer of 2018/19. A leucistic adult male was sighted on 09 January 2019, the first recorded leucistic individual for the species. Given the apparent extreme rarity of leucism in this sub-Antarctic pinniped species, it is unlikely to contribute to assessment of gene flow amongst conspecific populations.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMammal Research Instituteen_ZA
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2020-06-01
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe South African Department of Environmental Affairs through the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP), the National Research Foundation (South Africa), the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology (University of Cape Town), Mammal Research Institute (University of Pretoria) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/300en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJones, C.W., Risi, M.M., Osborne, A. et al. First record of a leucistic sub-Antarctic fur seal. Polar Biology (2019) 42: 1217-1220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02506-3.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0722-4060 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1432-2056 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s00300-019-02506-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70141
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringeren_ZA
dc.rights© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.comjournal/300.en_ZA
dc.subjectArctocephalus tropicalisen_ZA
dc.subjectGough Islanden_ZA
dc.subjectHypo-pigmentationen_ZA
dc.subjectPinnipeden_ZA
dc.subjectRare traiten_ZA
dc.titleFirst record of a leucistic sub-Antarctic fur sealen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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