White impala photographed by Ian MacDonell
January 2012. Ian MacDonell writes "I took of a leucistic impala this past November about 1/2 kilometre from Shingwedzi Camp in the Kruger Park in South Africa. The pattern shows it to be a different one than the one already on your website. Since it has reached adulthood in an area with many predators its mostly white coat seems not to be a great disadvantage."
LEUCISTIC IMPALA ON THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK - PHOTOGRAPED BY IAN MACDONNELL
Leucism (or Leukism)
Leucism is a very unusual condition whereby the pigmentation cells in an animal or bird fail to develop properly. This can result in unusual white patches appearing on the animal, or, more rarely, completely white creatures.
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