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Is the white lion an albino lion?

Updated: 9/19/2023
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White lions are not albino. Instead, they are a variation of the Kruger lion supspecies, and simply have a color inhibitor gene. Their coloration varies from blonde to near white, whereas an albino animal has no pigment whatsoever and thus is completely white.

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