Albino Animals - Mammals (part 3)

Rodents & Insectivores

 

by Grandpa Cliff     Jan 29, 2006

 

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Albino Eastern Gray Squirrel in Texas

 

 

There are 7 webpages about albinos on Grandpa Cliff's Science Website for Teenagers.  

    Introduction  - gives facts about albinos, and contains a list of all photos of albinos on this website

    Mammals - part 1  Primates & Hoofed Animals

    Mammals - part 2  Carnivores

    Mammals - part 3  Rodents & Insectivores  [this webpage]

    Mammals - part 4  (miscellaneous) 

    Birds

    Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians

    Invertebrates 

 

Read the Introduction webpage first if you want to better understand what is shown in the photos below.  

 

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Photos of the following albino mammals can be found below.  They are grouped in families of closely related animals rather than alphabetically.

 

Mammals (part 3)

 

ORDER:  Rodentia

    Family: Muridae

        Rat

        Mouse

    Family: Sciuridae

        Squirrel

        Chipmunk

        Prairie Dog

    Family: Castoridae

        Beaver

    Family Hystricidae  (Old World Porcupines)

        Porcupine

 

ORDER:  Insectivora

    Family: Soricidae

        Shrew

     Family: Erinaceidae

        Hedgehog  (2)

 

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Albino Himalayan Rat

 

 

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House Mouse (laboratory mouse) with pink eyes, nose, tail and feet; white fur.

 

 

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Albino Eastern Gray Squirrel in Texas

 

 

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Chipmunk in Ohio

 

 

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Prairie Dog

 

 

Beaver.  A stuffed specimen.

 

 

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Asian Porcupines

 

 

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An Insectivore.

The Short-tailed Shrew mainly lives underground in the dark.  

It doesn't have much use for eyes, so they are quite small.  It

can dig its own burrows, but sometimes uses the burrows of 

other animals like moles.  It is carnivorous, eating worms, 

insects (including grubs), etc.  It will even eat dead mice that 

have been caught in traps.  It's normal color is very dark gray.

 

 

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Hedgehogs

 

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