Here’s a strange looking beast. This “Blue” Whitetail Buck was taken on Christmas Eve 2007 in Texas. The best explanation of his color so far is something called Luecism. Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
Check out the Albino category on the left for even more wonderful animals that have Albinism — or even a BLACK Whitetail…
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2 responses to “Texas Blue Buck”
If it was Leucism, it would be an all white animal with dark nose/eyes, Leucism is a total lack of ALL pigment. So rather than having white hairs, they would be more of a translucent color, making the appearance of a white animal. I would say this is a different mutation… if we look at mammal color mutations it could be anything really. Just some recessive trait that makes it a grayish color. Axanthism/anerythrism is a possibility, it is a total lack of yellow or red pigment. As you can see this animal still has it’s white markings, so the only affected area is the area that would normally be brown. Not Leucism.
unnn this picture is obviously faded and not real which is disappointing as all others see to be very real. if you really look you can see the whole picture has been doctored and faded. what a shame. and yes it would be pure white withe normal colored nose and eyes.