Primeros registros de guanacos albinos en las montañas de la precordillera andina austral (Mendoza, Argentina)
; Videla, Fernando
; Rosi, Maria Irene
; Seitz, Viviana Paola
; Moreni, Jonathan ; Pérez, Martín ; Tobares, Roberto ; Maldonado, Florencia ; Martín, Sebastián Otros responsables
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06/2017
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Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas
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Multequina
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0327-9375
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1852-7329
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La hipopigmentación, expresada como albinismo total, leucismo, xantismo o piebaldismo, ha sido registrada en gran variedad de vertebrados, generalmente con baja frecuencia. Este aporte documenta los primeros registros de guanacos con hipopigmentación en una población silvestre de la precordillera andina austral. Dichos registros se obtuvieron entre 2013 y 2017, en el marco de relevamientos científicos y recorridos de control y vigilancia efectuados en la reserva natural Villavicencio. Los hallazgos correspondieron a un adulto leucístico y una cría albina, integrados respectivamente a un grupo de solteros y a un grupo familiar. Ambos presentaban desplazamientos normales y activa interacción social, evidencias que permiten descartar dificultades en el crecimiento, obtención del alimento o integración intraespecífica. Los hallazgos descriptos, que se añaden a los previamente documentados en guanacos del norte de Argentina y Chile, no se alejan de las tasas de ocurrencia natural de hipopigmentación mencionadas en bibliografía. No obstante, el incremento de las actividades humanas en la región destaca la relevancia de monitorear sus posibles efectos sobre la población de guanacos. Si dichas actividades generasen fragmentación o contaminación ambiental, el guanaco podría sufrir estrés ambiental y endogamia, con potencial incidencia sobre la tasa de albinismo.
Hypopigmentation, expressed as complete albinism, leucism, xantism, or piebaldism, has been recorded in a great variety of vertebrates, generally with low frequency. This note documents the first records of guanacos with hypopigmentation in a wild population of the Southern Andean Precordillera. These records were obtained between 2013 and 2017, in the frame of scientific investigations and tasks of control and surveillance carried out in the Villavicencio protected area. The findings corresponded to a leucistic adult and an albino young, integrated to a bachelor group and a familial group, respectively. Both showed normal movements and active social interaction, evidences that allow to discard difficulties in growing, obtaining food or intraspecific integration. The described findings, together with those previously documented for the guanaco in northern Argentina and Chile, are not far from the rates of natural occurence of hypopigmentation mentioned in bibliography. However, the increase of human activities in the region highlights the relevance of monitoring their effects on the guanaco population. If such activities generate environmental fragmentation or contamination, the guanaco could present environmental stress and endogamy, with potential incidence on the albinism rate.
Hypopigmentation, expressed as complete albinism, leucism, xantism, or piebaldism, has been recorded in a great variety of vertebrates, generally with low frequency. This note documents the first records of guanacos with hypopigmentation in a wild population of the Southern Andean Precordillera. These records were obtained between 2013 and 2017, in the frame of scientific investigations and tasks of control and surveillance carried out in the Villavicencio protected area. The findings corresponded to a leucistic adult and an albino young, integrated to a bachelor group and a familial group, respectively. Both showed normal movements and active social interaction, evidences that allow to discard difficulties in growing, obtaining food or intraspecific integration. The described findings, together with those previously documented for the guanaco in northern Argentina and Chile, are not far from the rates of natural occurence of hypopigmentation mentioned in bibliography. However, the increase of human activities in the region highlights the relevance of monitoring their effects on the guanaco population. If such activities generate environmental fragmentation or contamination, the guanaco could present environmental stress and endogamy, with potential incidence on the albinism rate.
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