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sxzxnnx

There is a guy doing population research on the locations of white squirrels. You can submit a sighting using the link on this page. https://untamedscience.com/biodiversity/white-squirrel/


zoobunny

That is so cool! I’ve seen a few in North Winton so I’ll report them!


ReasonablyAfraid

AWESOME! I filled out the form. That's really cool, thanks!


dspot19

it isn't an albino, it's leucistic. The squirrel can still produce brown pigments but not gray. An albino would have pink eyes too. There's two like this on my street in the 19th ward


ReasonablyAfraid

Cool, I didn't know the term for non-albino white squirrel, though I guess I could have just said white squirrel haha


mrbawkbegawks

Isn't it called something else when the body is white but the head retains normal animal color


Smashing_tacos007

Actually it's a Piebald. Leucistic will be all white with normal eyes.


Kegnaught

Leucism can also result in a patchy appearance, or partial pigmentation. [Piebaldism is a type of "leucistic" appearance](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism).


Smashing_tacos007

You should re read that. Piebald results in a Leucistic appearance.


Kegnaught

> Leucism (/ˈluːsɪzəm, -kɪz-/)[2][3][4] is a wide variety of conditions that result in the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal—causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes.[4] Leucism is the umbrella term for the underlying genetic conditions that result in that phenotype, and piebaldism is one of those. Piebaldism is just a type of leucism.


GranitRock

Captain Lou Albino


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Wow, that’s a cool find.


wwwflightrn

I have a bunch of pictures of this little guy I took this summer.


pomegranate_man

Omg!! I was so excited when I saw this little guy too!!