Melanismo
[[Ladawan:Melsquir.jpg|thumb|[[Black squirrel|Melanistic black]] [[eastern grey squirrel]] (''Sciurus carolinensis'')]]
[[Ladawan:Cavia_porcellus-Licorice.jpg|thumb|Melanistic [[Guinea pig|guinea pigs]] (''Cavia porcellus'') iyo an pambihira, asin piggamit sa mga ritwal kan Andean ''[[Curandero|curanderos]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Guinea Pig : Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes|last=Morales|first=E.|publisher=University of Arizona Press|year=1995|isbn=0-8165-1558-1}}</ref>]]
An '''Melanismo''' iyo an sarong [[Birth defect|congenital]] excess nin [[melanina]] sa sarong organismo na minaresulta sa madiklom na [[Biological pigment|pigment]].

An Pseudomelanismo, pig-aapod man na abundismo, iyo an saro pang variant kan pigmentation, namidbidan huli sa dark spots o dakulang ''stripes'', na nakakatahob sa dakulang kabtang kan hawak nin hayop, piggigibo iyan na minalataw na melanistiko.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Osinga|first1=N.|last2=Hart|first2=P.|last3=van VoorstVaader|first3=P. C.|year=2010|title=Albinistic common seals (''Phoca vitulina'') and melanistic grey seals (''Halichoerus grypus'') rehabilitated in the Netherlands|journal=Animal Biology|volume=60|issue=3|pages=273−281|doi=10.1163/157075610x516493|s2cid=84554567}}</ref>

An morbid deposition nin black matter, parating huli sa sarong malignant character na minalapwas sa pigmented [[Tumor|tumors]], iyo an pig-aapod na [[melanosis]].<ref>Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). [http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=melanosis&use1913=on&use1828=on ''Melanosis''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729213810/http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=melanosis&use1913=on&use1828=on|date=2013-07-29}}. C. & G. Merriam Co. Springfield, Massachusetts. Page 910</ref>

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thumb|Melanistic guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) iyo an pambihira, asin piggamit sa mga ritwal kan Andean curanderos.
An Melanismo iyo an sarong congenital excess nin melanina sa sarong organismo na minaresulta sa madiklom na pigment.

An Pseudomelanismo, pig-aapod man na abundismo, iyo an saro pang variant kan pigmentation, namidbidan huli sa dark spots o dakulang stripes, na nakakatahob sa dakulang kabtang kan hawak nin hayop, piggigibo iyan na minalataw na melanistiko.

An morbid deposition nin black matter, parating huli sa sarong malignant character na minalapwas sa pigmented tumors, iyo an pig-aapod na melanosis.Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Melanosis . C. & G. Merriam Co. Springfield, Massachusetts. Page 910

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