So, someone's spotted an albino squirrel in the neighborhood south of ours. Clearly a good luck charm.
Not clear yet whether it's a fox squirrel or an Eastern grey, although if it *is* a grey squirrel, then it's almost certainly a black squirrel, as nearly the whole grey squirrel population here is melanistic.
So this would be an albino black squirrel prowling the neighborhood.
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@Austin_Dern is it even possible to be both albino and melanistic or do those cancel each other out
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@Felthry It is! The albinism gene is independent of fur/skin color, but it overrides (so far as I know) all other coloring genes. (This despite the gene being recessive.)
So, like, if the albino squirrel mates with a non-recessive squirrel, the offspring would be back to 'normal' colors. Which, for grey squirrels around here, is black.