awesome looking white animals

The Jackal is acanidnative to southeastern and centralEurope,Asia Minor, theMiddle East, andSouth Asia. While most jackals have coloration similar to that of a wolf, this specimen spotted in Iran was completely white.

Albinism can be seen in fish as well. One of the greatest examples of an albino fish was this albino alligator gar. Considered to be a living fossil, alligator gars are usually brown, olive to gray or yellow.

In rabbits, there are ten different color gene groups but a rabbits coat only has twopigments, pheomelanin (yellow) and eumelanin (dark brown). Albino rabbits (with no pigment) also occur sometimes.

In 1966, an albino western lowland gorilla was caught in Equatorial Guinea. The specimen was then transported to Barcelona zoo where he was given the name Snowflake and lived until his death in 2004. He died of skin cancer that was related to his albinism.

A small rodent notable for its typical pointed snout, the mouse is normally grayish to brownish but as it is a common object of laboratory experiments, an albino mouse is less rare than most other albino animals featured in this list.

Its rare but albinism occurs in reptiles too. In 1995, an albino alligator was born in Florida.

In peacocks, it might be difficult to tell if the bird is albino or have a genetic mutation called leucism. Both albino and leucist peacocks are entirely white but albinos have red or pink eyes while leucists have blue eyes.

In native American religions, white buffalos are considered sacred. They are extremely rare though, The National Bison Associationhas estimated that they only occur in approximately one out of every 10 million births.

Thewhite tigeris a pigmentation variant of theBengal tiger, which is occasionally reported in some Indian states. According to scientists, one white tiger is born out of 10,000 births.

Native to all continents except for Antarctica, the rat is a medium-sized, long-tailed rodent. The most common species of rat are the black and the brown rat but albino rats have also been recorded.