Ultraviolet Biofluorescence in Pocket Gophers

J. T. Pynne; Steven B. Castleberry; L. Mike Conner; Colleen W. Piper; Elizabeth I. Parsons; Robert A. Gitzen; Sarah I. Duncan; James D. Austin; Robert A. McCleery

doi:10.1674/0003-0031-186.1.150

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19 July 2021 Ultraviolet Biofluorescence in Pocket Gophers

J. T. Pynne, Steven B. Castleberry, L. Mike Conner, Colleen W. Piper, Elizabeth I. Parsons, Robert A. Gitzen, Sarah I. Duncan, James D. Austin, Robert A. McCleery

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J. T. Pynne,^1,* Steven B. Castleberry,² L. Mike Conner,³ Colleen W. Piper,³ Elizabeth I. Parsons,⁴ Robert A. Gitzen,⁵ Sarah I. Duncan,⁶ James D. Austin,⁷ Robert A. McCleery⁷

¹D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens 30602. The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, Georgia 39870
²D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
³The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, Georgia 39870
⁴Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens 30602. The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, Georgia 39870
⁵School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn Alabama 36849
⁶Eckerd College, Natural Sciences Collegium, Biology, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33713
⁷University of Florida, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Box 110430, Gainesville 32611.

^*Corresponding author: E-mail: jtp19715@uga.edu

The American Midland Naturalist, 186(1):150-155 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-186.1.150

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Biofluorescence in mammal pelage is considered rare, but has been documented in multiple taxa in recent years. Herein, we provide the first observations of biofluorescence in fossorial mammals. We documented biofluorescence in live Geomys pinetis (southeastern pocket gopher) and in museum specimens of four additional geomyid species. Although unknown, the adaptive significance of biofluorescence in pocket gophers is likely similar to that documented in terrestrial and arboreal species previously, including communication or predator evasion.

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J. T. Pynne, Steven B. Castleberry, L. Mike Conner, Colleen W. Piper, Elizabeth I. Parsons, Robert A. Gitzen, Sarah I. Duncan, James D. Austin, and Robert A. McCleery "Ultraviolet Biofluorescence in Pocket Gophers," The American Midland Naturalist 186(1), 150-155, (19 July 2021). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-186.1.150

Received: 5 July 2020; Accepted: 12 April 2021; Published: 19 July 2021

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