Why there are albino mice and rabbits but not albino horses?

in the animal kingdom ,wild creatures born with albinism don't have a high rate of survival to begin with because of other complications that accompany it.light sensitivity and or eye disorders leading to partial or full blindness.


It appears that the main factor behind survival in animals with albinism is the interference of man.


IE man recognizes the animal as being different and takes steps to preserve the animals life.this is why most albino animals are in captivity.


in the case of horses the gene that carries the trait of albinism is accompanied by one that causes a deformity in the bowels and the fetus either dies in utero or soon after birth.


Ive included a couple of interesting articles.


peace%26gt;%26lt;%26gt;Why there are albino mice and rabbits but not albino horses?
I believe that there are albino horses, just that they are extremely rare. this is due to the fact that albinism is a recessive trait.





also the rarity of albino horses as compared to rabbits and mice might have to do with size. obviously rate of reproduction is a main factor. mice and rabbits replicate like, well, mice and rabbits but yea, back to size, it could be that newborn albino foals have a much higher mortality rate.Why there are albino mice and rabbits but not albino horses?
There are, kind of! White horses have pink skin, blue eyes, and pale pinkish white hooves. Any horse with white hair and dark skin is actually considered gray. Albino horses would have to have no color pigment at all, making their eyes redish. It has never been documented that an albino foal has lived. So, gray horses have white or gray hair with dark skin and white horses have white hair with pink skin!
Why not, there might be......





If we can have even albino cobra, albino peacock, albino tiger..why not horse..





Albino trait is usually deleted in the population beacuse of natural selection..





try these link....





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_tiger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Horse鈥?/a>


Never thought about it ... interesting.