After locals reported seeing an odd-colored squirrel in India, scientists tracked down a squirrel with leucism, a “relatively rare” sight. Screengrab from SSA shagun's YouTube video Outside a ...

Leucism is seen in other wildlife as well, but is very noticeable in bird species since they have a larger variety of colors. Leucism is not albinism, however, which is a common misconception.

After locals reported seeing an odd-colored squirrel in India, scientists tracked down a squirrel with leucism, a “relatively rare” sight. Screengrab from SSA shagun's YouTube video Outside a ...

After locals reported seeing an odd-colored squirrel in India, scientists tracked down a squirrel with leucism, a “relatively rare” sight. Screengrab from SSA shagun's YouTube video Outside a ...

Leucism occurs when black ravens with the same recessive gene for leucism produce offspring. This is very rare. In fact, it’s so rare that only a few white ravens appear each year.

A ghostly white angular roughshark found near Sazan Island, Albania, is the first example of leucism ever recorded in the species. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Wildlife rangers saw an oddly colored white bat fall from a tree and later identified it as Spix’s Disc-winged bat with leucism, study said. First-of-its-kind leucistic bat found in Belize ...

Leucism is often confused with albinism. Albino animals lack pigment in their fur and have eyes which “appear red,” the study said. Leucistic animals also lack pigment in their fur, ...

A “ghostly-looking” white common dolphin was spotted by charter boats off Dana Point’s coastline on Tuesday, July 23, believed to have leucism, a rare loss of skin pigmentation.

After locals reported seeing an odd-colored squirrel in India, scientists tracked down a squirrel with leucism, a “relatively rare” sight. Screengrab from SSA shagun's YouTube video Outside a ...

After locals reported seeing an odd-colored squirrel in India, scientists tracked down a squirrel with leucism, a “relatively rare” sight. Screengrab from SSA shagun's YouTube video Outside a ...

Leucism occurs when an animal has “almost complete loss of pigmentation” but still keeps its “normal eye, nail, and skin colouration,” the study said.