1 . White Elephant
The white elephant is considered sacred in some cultures , especially in India , Burma , Cambodia , and Thailand . Keeping a white elephant was a very expensive undertaking , because the owner must provide the elephant with special food and provide access for people who want to worship .
2 . White lion
White lions are found in wildlife reserves in South Africa and is a rare color mutation of the Kruger subspecies of lion ( Panthera leo krugeri ) . White lions are not albino lions . Instead , the white color is caused by a recessive gene known as chinchilla color inhibitor .
It has been perpetuated by selective breeding in zoos around the world .
White lions first came to public attention in the 1970s in Chris McBride's book The White Lions of Timbavati . The largest population of white lions in zoos where they are deliberately bred to be maintained . The population of white lions is unknown but the most recent count was in 2004 and 30 were alive .
3 . White tiger
Tigers are the largest cats in the world is . Tiger is characterized by having a creamy white coat with black stripes or random brown , bright blue eyes , and a striking pink nose . This disorder is caused by a double recessive allele in the genetic code and only occurs in one of 10,000 births .
Facts about White Tiger There are only about 200 white tigers left in the world . White patches of white tigers in the wild Bengal Recently in India in 1951 .
4 . White crocodile
White Crocodile . They belong to the family Alligatoridae and limited to the southeastern United States. Their scientific name is Alligator Mississippie .
White alligator was first discovered by the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company in 1987 and was taken under the care and protection in Louisiana zoo . They were 18 hatchlings and all were male .
As with all the crocodile , they also live in freshwater marshes , swamps , rivers , lakes and small water bodies in the southeastern United States .
5 . giraffes White
Very rare white giraffe seen and photographed by Mrs K Little in Botswana in 2006 . Other white giraffe recorded in Tanzania in 1993 , but very few records
The only difference from the crocodiles are , the color of his skin that looks like a brownish white . There are two types of white alligators , crocodiles and alligators White Albino leucistic . They are very similar and confusing , but there is little difference between the two . Albinos have red eyes and Leucistics have blue eyes .
6 . White Peacock
They are known as the Albino Peacock , but this is not technically correct . This white peacock and genetic variants of Indian Blue Peacock .
Breeding through genetic mutation is being maintained and the white peacock can be found in parks and zoos around the world .
7 . Koala White
Koala is one of Australia's distinctive marsupial animal , and is the sole representative of the family Phascolarctidae . In 2007 it has been found that the White Koala has a black nose and yellow eyes , white color is caused by a recessive gene .
Many say that the word koala comes from indigenous Australian language which means not drinking . Koala drinking water but is actually very rare because of the food , eucalyptus leaves , already contains enough water so that the koala does not need to come down from the tree to drink .
8 . White Turtle
White turtle is an animal that is actually unique and very rare . Turtles are found in the yellow river in Henan province , China . White turtle got its own place in Chinese culture . Novel " journey to the west " which tells the classic story of Sun Go Kong and his friends never told him about a god who transformed into a large white turtle after making a mistake .
However , unlike the characters in the novel , white turtle only has a length of 40 cm and weighs 6.5 kg . Her body is white and decorated with pink spots faded .
9 . White Dolphin
Dolphins ( Dolphin ) White . They can be any color of light gray or white . They also may have a pink color to them depending on the location in which they live .
Experts believe that this is a way for them to change the blood vessels to adapt to different changes in temperature in which he lived .
10 . White bats
Honduran white bat has snow white fur and a yellow nose and ears . It is tiny , only 37-47 mm . White bat found in Central America and the Caribbean .
They are really cute and they look like a pig snout .
11 . White Gorilla
As the only albino gorilla who was rescued , Snowflake has a lot fascinated zoo visitors for nearly 40 years , before it finally died of skin cancer at the end of 2003
Most gorillas can only survive for 25 years , so that Snowflake has managed to break the record in his life , Snowflake 've done 22 times conception , but none tangible albino offspring !
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