The Beauty
by Barbara Keith
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12.000 x 18.000 inches
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Title
The Beauty
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil
Description
White tiger, colour variant of the Bengal tiger (Pantheria tigris tigris), the Siberian tiger (P. tigris altaica), or a hybrid between the two subspecies that is characterized by white fur, dark brown or black stripes, and blue eyes. This rare color mutation, called leucism, which also occurs in many other animals, appears in perhaps one in 10,000 tigers in the wild. The mutation results from the mating of two tigers that carry the recessive allele that produces white fur in their offspring. More specifically, it stems from the substitution of a single amino acid in a single transporter protein that greatly reduces the production of one of the major types of the pigment melanin, called pheomelanin, which produces the reds, oranges, and yellows that appear in a tiger’s fur. White tigers do, however, possess eumelanin, the pigment that colors the tiger’s eyes and the hairs of its stripes. Leucism differs from albinism in that the latter is caused by a complete absence of melanin (britannica.com).
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September 15th, 2023
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Dale Kincaid
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured in the ANIMAL MANIA Group gallery! You are invited to post your work in the feature archive discussion.
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has been featured on The Artists Group homepage on January 12, 2024! You can also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other relevant thread!
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