Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Mammalia » Eutheria » Laurasiatheria » Carnivora » Feliformia » Hyaenidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Yellow cone555nm  555nm
Rod500nm  500nm
Blue cone430nm  438nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Yellow cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Lime-Indigo
560nm - 495nm - 437nm
 
Yellow cone Blue cone
(Rod)
Photopic
Cones-Rods
591nm - 537nm - 478nm
 
Yellow cone Rod Mesopic

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Notes and References:

Calderone, J. B., Reese, B. E., & Jacobs, G. H. (2003). Topography of photoreceptors and retinal ganglion cells in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Brain, behavior and evolution, 62(4), 182-192.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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