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

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

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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never seen one with vitiligo(?) before

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Melanistic. Vitiligo would be splotches of albinism.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 year 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 year ago

That's just a tree cow

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

ty! til

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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 year ago

You spotted a turf war waiting to happen