Oh yes, one coyote and one melanistic squirrel also made the list!
Such is the case with melanistic (black pigmentation) variation in some anenomefish species.
Additionally, 15 males and 16 females had particular plumage features that allowed individual identification (double black bar on wing, melanistic or dark plumage, advanced moult, broken feathers, first-year birds).
Its gorgeous spotted coat is distinctive, but jaguars with uncommon melanistic coloration are pure black.
Two-thirds of the sightings involved large black animals resembling melanistic leopards, also known as panthers.
Definition of melanistic in US English:
melanistic
adjectiveˌmeləˈnistik
Zoology
See melanism
Example sentencesExamples
Two-thirds of the sightings involved large black animals resembling melanistic leopards, also known as panthers.
Oh yes, one coyote and one melanistic squirrel also made the list!
Its gorgeous spotted coat is distinctive, but jaguars with uncommon melanistic coloration are pure black.
Additionally, 15 males and 16 females had particular plumage features that allowed individual identification (double black bar on wing, melanistic or dark plumage, advanced moult, broken feathers, first-year birds).
Such is the case with melanistic (black pigmentation) variation in some anenomefish species.