This is a melanistic güiña (Leopardus guigna), also known as the kodkod, one of the world’s smallest wild cats, photographed in the wild.
Native to the forests of Chile and parts of Argentina, güiñas are tiny, secretive cats that typically have a spotted brown or reddish coat.
This unusually dark appearance is called melanism, a genetic variation that causes an excess of dark pigmentation. Melanistic individuals have been documented in wild güiñas, including through camera-trap studies in Chile.
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Altın sarısı ve benekli kürkleriyle bilinen servallerin bazıları, nadir görülen melanizm nedeniyle neredeyse tamamen siyah doğuyor.
📌Çoğunlukla Doğu Afrika’nın yüksek kesimlerinde rastlanan bu servaller, sıra dışı renkleri dışında türün tüm özelliklerini taşıyor.
アーシュラ・K・ル=グウィンが五十八年間住んで数々の傑作をものしたポートランドの家が国の歴史建造物に指定🏡
今後は作家滞在施設として活用される予定
Ursula K. Le Guin's Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers' Residency https://t.co/SRqz8YhzKZ via @locusmag