blonde hedgehog
Serbian translation: beli jež
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zapadno-evropski jež Explanation: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Erinaceus_europae... Species: Erinaceus europaeus ... Vernacular names English: West European Hedgehog or Blonde hedgehog http://www.biolozi.net/EkoGeoZivotinja/Skripta2008PRN-2.pdf ordo: Insectivora fam: Erinaceidae (PA) Erinaceus concolor (istočno-evropski jež) E. europaeus (zapadno-evropski jež) E. amurensis (mandžurski jež) Hemiechinus auritus (dugouhi jež) Paraechinus aethiopicus (pustinjski jež: Sahara, Arabija) |
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beli jež Explanation: Radi se o leucizmu kod ježeva. Dakle, nije albinizam jer nemaju crvene, već crne oči. Predlog beli jež je po analogiji sa belim lavovima i tigrovima. Nisam uspela u rečnicima da nađem potvrdu, a ni na internetu. Leucistic individuals have white or pale yellow spines giving them a ‘ghostly’ appearance and light breast colouration – such colour patterns are also frequently seen in hybrids with the Eastern European hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor). In a 1996 paper to the Journal of Zoology, Pat Morris and Andrew Tutt from the University of London reported the results of a questionnaire distributed to the households on the Channel Island of Alderney (where hedgehogs were introduced sometime after 1810). The survey found that 64 of the 95 respondents (67%) had seen ‘blond’ hedgehogs – closer inspection found these to be leucisitic animals with pale creamy-white spines and fur, black eyes and pink skin, claws and feet. During their study, the biologists performed transects across various sites on the island; they observed 50 hedgehogs, 17 (34%) of which were leucistic – leucism was not linked to either sex or age. It seems that although the distribution of leucistic individuals was patchy on Alderney, this -- presumably recessive genetic -- trait was (and probably still is) considerably more common than on the mainland; in the same paper, the biologists mention how they have only come across three examples (two from Wales and one in Hampshire) of leucistic hogs during their 30 years-plus of studying this species. It is suggested that the lack of mammalian predators on Alderney probably allows colour variants, which would otherwise be easily picked off, to flourish. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 days (2012-12-07 07:10:47 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Nema na čemu :) Reference: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/uk/blonde-hedgehogs.html#cr Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism |
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