First record for a partial Isabelline colouration in a European mole, Talpa europaea, from Central Italy
- 16 December 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Mammalia
- Vol. 86 (3), 243-246
- https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0116
Abstract
The European mole Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 is a quite common species in Central Italy. I report the first Isabelline individual of this species recorded in the scientific literature. Actually, this species is quite widespread throughout Europe, but coat-colouration anomalies have never been described in Italian mole populations. Further research is therefore needed to determine the percentage of occurrence of anomalous individuals and the evolutionary history of coat anomalies in moles.Keywords
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