erythristic

A note on coloration: Besides their normal colors, animals can be albino (lacking color pigment in the hair, feathers, skin, and/or eyes), leucistic (white haired or feathered), melanistic (black haired or feathered), or “erythristic” (having unusual reddish pigmentation in the hair, feathers, or skin).

Would You Shoot an Albino Game Animal? 2009

I've seen black coyotes (melanistic), completely hairless coyotes (mange), piebald deer, a red racoon (erythristic), black squirrels (gray and fox) a silver fox (color phase of red fox) a three legged wild hog, and a three legged deer.

whats the weirdest animal youve ever seen while hunting? 2009

I've seen black coyotes (melanistic), completely hairless coyotes (mange), piebald deer, a red racoon (erythristic), black squirrels (gray and fox) a silver fox (color phase of red fox) a three legged wild hog, and a three legged deer.

whats the weirdest animal youve ever seen while hunting? 2009