Piebaldismo en dos especies de roedores sigmodontinos del Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile
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Piebaldism is an hypopigmentary disorder which is expressed by the lack of pigmentation in some parts of the body. In this note, we present evidence of piebaldism in two species of sigmodontine rodents captured with Sherman traps in Torres del Paine National Park, southern Chile. We found seven rodents with this condition: four long-haired mice Abrothrix hirta (Thomas,1895), and three long-tailed pygmy rice rats Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Bennett, 1832). To our knowledge, this is the first report of piebaldism in A. hirta and O. longicaudatus, being the only report for rodents within a protected area in the country.
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