In the zoo of New Zealand, the rarest northern brown kiwi of white color has died. The Daily Mail reports.
Kiwi was born in 2011 at the zoo. At birth, an individual named Manukura was diagnosed with leukism, a partial loss of pigmentation of the outer cover. In late December, the rangers noticed that the female had stopped eating and was losing weight. She was taken to the hospital where her sterile eggs, which could not be released naturally, were removed.
During the operation, she was forced to cut out the oviduct and most of the left ovary. The treatment was successful, but after the therapy, Manukura’s health continued to deteriorate, and on December 27 at 12:50 local time, she died. The zoo representatives reported on the death of a nine-year-old bird on Instagram.
Manukura became the protagonist of the book “Manukura: White Kiwi” by New Zealand writer Joy Cowley, who is known for her fiction for children.
North brown kiwi a> is a species of flying birds, found exclusively in New Zealand and found only on the North Island. It is considered an endangered species.
Earlier it was reported about a baby sea turtle of the rarest white color, which was found by volunteers on one of the beaches in the United States. The picture caught the attention of biologists. They speculated that the baby was born with a genetic disorder called leukism.
One of the most obvious differences between leukism and albinism is eye pigmentation. In individuals with leukism, the eyes have a normal color, while in albinos there is no iris pigmentation.