Albino Weddell seal at Cape Shirreff,Livingston Island,Antarctica |
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| Authors: | Jorge Acevedo Anelio Aguayo-Lobo Daniel Torres |
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| Institution: | 1.Fundación Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario (CEQUA),Punta Arenas,Chile;2.Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH),Punta Arenas,Chile;3.Santiago,Chile |
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| Abstract: | To our knowledge, this paper is the first record/report of a juvenile light-coloured Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island in January 1998, determining that it was an albino individual. Based on available literature,
three cases of albino seals have been reported exclusively for Harbour seal pups, and no albino has been reported for Antarctic
pagophilic true seals. Therefore, this is the first confirmed case of albinism in Antarctic pagophilic true seals species,
indicating that this phenomenon is indeed of a rare occurrence.
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| Keywords: | Albino Weddell seal Cape Shirreff Antarctica Pagophilic seals |
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