The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of a greater horseshoe bat subspecies, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum quelpartis (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae)

Abstract

There are two subspecies of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum currently recognized in South Korea. The Korean greater horseshoe bat subspecies, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum quelpartis, is distributed only in Jeju Island. The complete mitochondrial genome of the island subspecies was determined and revealed 99.7% similarity to the mainland subspecies Rhinolophus ferrumequinum korai. If d-loop region is excluded, similarity of the two genomes was 99.9%.

Keywords::

• Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
• Rhinolophus ferrumequinum quelpartis
• mitochondrial genome
• Rhinolophus ferrumequinum korai

Acknowledgment

The authors thank the anonymous reviewers very much for providing valuable comments on the article.

Declaration of interest: This study was supported by 2012 Korea National Long-Term Ecological Research from the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea. The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.