Journal ArticleThe first report of albinism in a Sundaland endemic rodentNations, Jonathan A.; Mursyid, Ahmad; Darma Busta, Ryski; Adrian, Sah Putra; Handika, Heru; Apandi; Achmadi, Anang S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.<title>Abstract</title> <p>Albinism, a congenital disorder that results in a lack of melanin deposition, is common in domesticated animals but rare in nature. Among the ∼2500 species of rodents worldwide, only 67 have published reports of albinism. Here we report the capture of an albino murid (Muridae: Rodentia) from Mt. Singgalang in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The specimen is an adolescent but sexually mature male<italic>Maxomys hylomyoides</italic>, a montane Sumatran endemic. To our knowledge, this specimen represents the first reported albino rodent from Indonesia and Sundaland, and only the second from Southeast Asia.</p>Mammalia2021-03-0110502047Mammalia852168 to 1720025-1461https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2020-00472010756National Science Foundation