Abstract
We describe partial albinism (a white-belted coloration) in the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides) from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. This shrew-mole did not present symptoms of generalized types of vitiligo vulgaris. The white-belted coloration may have occurred because of a lack of melanocyte formation due to a deficit of or to abnormalities in neural crest cells during ontogeny.
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