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| Giordano, A.J.; Reza, A.H.M.A.; Feeroz, M.M. | |
| Albinism in fishing cats from the Haor Basin of Bangladesh | |
| 2013 Cat News (58): 37-38 | |
The fishing cat _Prionailurus viverrinus_ is a small to medium-sized felid that ranges across southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam and south to the island of java. To date very little is known about the ecology and natural history of this species. Here we document an adult albino fishing cat believed to have been captured in the Hail Haor region of Sylhet Division, Bangladesh and propose that albinism may be well established among fishing cats in the Haor Basin. We are unaware of any other aberrant pelage patterns that have been documented in fishing cats. |
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