Received this in an email. I've heard of an albino(never saw one), but never heard of this. Pretty cool.
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FYI:
from Blackbuck
The deer you describe is called melanistic coloration. This is caused by the genes that produce brown or black coloration in hair. When certain genes associate in a deer the hair color will be brown or some variation thereof. When genes for producing melanin, a black pigment, predominate a melanistic deer results. A melanistic deer lacks white color in the typical places (eye ring, muzzle ring, throat, and belly) you see in a normal deer, but retain the white flag under the tail. These are rare deer. Usually less than 10 are reported harvested annually in the United States during a hunting season. Most states have no record for a melanistic deer being harvested. Most states with a record are of only one or two animals. Texas is the only state with multiple records. As a matter of fact there is a concentration in central Texas in the Austin-San Antonio area, but melanistic deer are rare there also.
from Phazer
Blackbuck-I saw a Black Deer this a.m. in my backyard in Eastern Forsyth county in North Carolina. I never knew they existed.
http://upload.bayoushooter.com/images/duoqhlmhrqtwhu24kesu.jpg
http://upload.bayoushooter.com/images/nnf6hilap3c62wkzakgd.jpg
http://upload.bayoushooter.com/images/ugbk2i80parwk5j22aod.jpg
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FYI:
from Blackbuck
The deer you describe is called melanistic coloration. This is caused by the genes that produce brown or black coloration in hair. When certain genes associate in a deer the hair color will be brown or some variation thereof. When genes for producing melanin, a black pigment, predominate a melanistic deer results. A melanistic deer lacks white color in the typical places (eye ring, muzzle ring, throat, and belly) you see in a normal deer, but retain the white flag under the tail. These are rare deer. Usually less than 10 are reported harvested annually in the United States during a hunting season. Most states have no record for a melanistic deer being harvested. Most states with a record are of only one or two animals. Texas is the only state with multiple records. As a matter of fact there is a concentration in central Texas in the Austin-San Antonio area, but melanistic deer are rare there also.
from Phazer
Blackbuck-I saw a Black Deer this a.m. in my backyard in Eastern Forsyth county in North Carolina. I never knew they existed.
http://upload.bayoushooter.com/images/duoqhlmhrqtwhu24kesu.jpg
http://upload.bayoushooter.com/images/nnf6hilap3c62wkzakgd.jpg
http://upload.bayoushooter.com/images/ugbk2i80parwk5j22aod.jpg
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