Biofluorescent fur, first observed in marsupials, then in placentals, has now been discovered in the monotreme platypus. The fur of this species appears brown when viewed in normal, visible light. Scientists are seeing the australian platypus in a whole new light.
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That is, it exhibits biofluorescence—one of several of this mammal’s unique traits, which also include laying eggs and having a ducklike bill.
In visible light, the fur of all three platypus specimens was uniformly brown.
Both anich and bino say they hope to study a living platypus to confirm the biofluorescence discovery and perhaps learn more about the trait’s function. But under uv light they appeared green or cyan. This indicates that biofluorescence is all over the mammalian family tree. The discovery of platypus biofluorescence has opened numerous avenues for future research.
Here we document the discovery of fluorescence of the pelage of the platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus)—to our knowledge, the first report of biofluorescence in a monotreme mammal under uv.
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