Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Rousettus leschenaulti

Abstract

We present a complete sequence of mitochondrial genome of echolocating megabat Rousettus leschenaulti (16,704 nt, GenBank record KC702803) and provide its annotation. We also show that phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial genomes of eighteen bat species, including R. leschenaulti, supports division of Chiroptera into Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera.

• Fruit bats phylogeny
• next generation sequencing
• Rousettus leschenaulti mitochondrion

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr Noboru Manabe, Animal Resource Science Center, The University of Tokyo, for breeding animals and providing us the tissues.