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I saw a variety pack out today (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by distantsounds@lemmy.world to c/squirrels@lemmy.ca

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[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Never seen one with vitiligo(?) before

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Melanistic. Vitiligo would be splotches of albinism.

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Oh, I've seen one of those! Couldn't get a great picture though.

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Good enough of a photo IMO. The terrible part is that it may be a result of past injury because it seems more localized than vitiligo typically presents as.

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I wondered if that might be the case when I took the picture, that tail was definitely injured at some point.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's just a tree cow

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

ty! til

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Oh but this is special! I’ve never seen one with partial melanism like this before! They’re usually all black or they’re the standard colouring with grey belly and brown back and tail!

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You spotted a turf war waiting to happen

this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024

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