The complete mitogenome of Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew Blarinella quadraticauda (Soricidae)

Abstract

The Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew, Blarinella quadraticauda, is an endemic shrew to China, and is only distributed in Sichuan. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of B. quadraticauda was determined. The mitogenome is 17,014 base pairs in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 1 control region, with a base composition of 33.3 % A, 31.8% T, 22.3% C and 12.6% G. This study contributes to illuminating taxonomic status of the Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew, B. quadraticauda.

• Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew
• Blarinella quadraticauda
• complete mitochondrial genome
• gene structure

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Shaoying Liu at the Sichuan Academy of Forestry for providing Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew tissue sample and Mr. Rui Liao at the Sichuan Academy of Forestry for collecting species.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was funded by the Applied Basic Research Program of Sichuan Science and Technology Department (No. 2013JY0170), Doctor Startup Foundation of Sichuan Normal University (No. 030705), The key project of Education Department of Sichuan Province (13ZA0146), The Major Training Program of Sichuan Normal University and Experimental Technology and Management of Sichuan Normal University (No. SYJS2013-11; No. SYJS2013-12).