TABLE A2.
The 24 historic records of albinism in rodents in Australia collated from the Trove digitized newspaper database that were identified to species.
| Genus | Species | Year | State (region) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydromys | Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) | 1937 | Vic (Melbourne) |
| Rattus | Long‐haired rat (Rattus villosissimus) | 1940 | QLD (Boulia) |
| 1951 | QLD (Connemarra) | ||
| **Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) | 1891 | Unknown | |
| 1931 | NSW (Surry Hills) | ||
| 1945 | NSW (Tallong) | ||
| Mus | **House mouse (Mus musculus) | 1914 | WA (North Perth) |
| 1916 | WA (Donnybrook) | ||
| Unknown | Unknown | 1859 | TAS (Bryn Estyn) |
| 1904 | VIC (Kyneton) | ||
| 1917 | NSW (Forbes) | ||
| 1917 | NSW (Forbes) | ||
| 1923 | VIC (Melbourne) | ||
| 1927 | TAS (Myalla) | ||
| 1928 | WA (Dowerin) | ||
| 1932 | NSW (Unknown) | ||
| 1933 | NSW (Grafton) | ||
| 1934 | VIC (Lubeck) | ||
| 1936 | QLD (Ipswich) | ||
| 1940 | NSW (Bowral) | ||
| 1940 | QLD (Mount Garnet) | ||
| 1950 | NSW (Manning River) | ||
| 1951 | SA (Osborne) | ||
| 1955 | SA (Parkside) |
Note: The non‐native species are denoted by two asterisks.
Abbreviations: NSW, New South Wales; QLD, Queensland; TAS, Tasmania; Vic, Victoria; WA, Western Australia.