Without harm to any Albatwitch (Pan chlca sp. nov.) through DNA collection from shed fur and dropped scat, Albatwitch Zoological Survey will prove the existence of Albatwitch with scientific certainty for inclusion of the species in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
After collection of Albatwitch (Pan chlca sp. nov.) DNA, the Albatwitch Zoological Survey will sequence the Albatwitch genome, then, with bioinformatics locate the genes for its unique “cloaking” camouflage phenotype. Theoretically, embryos from species of other endangered furry mammals could be CRISPR, germline edited to give them the same “cloaking” ability as Albatwitch. The CRISPR-editing would be heritable from generation-to-generation, automatically giving offspring of the first genomically modified animals the same “cloaking” camouflage as their parents, protecting the parents and their descendants’ offspring from poachers through genomic facilitated adaptation.