April 2013.
Local conservation staff in the Moukalaba-Doudou
National Park , in south-west Gabon
The animal was part of a herd on the banks of the
Wildlife Extra
has a record of leucistic Cape buffalo in South Africa, click White
buffalo calves on South African reserve.
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.
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.
Click here to
see our gallery
of albino and leucistic animals and birds.
Our thanks
to Parcs Gabon for
this information
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