The complete mitochondrial genome of the Siberian shrew, Crocidura sibirica (Mammalia, Soricidae)

Abstract

The Siberian Shrew, Crocidura sibirica, is distributed in northwest China and extended to Mongolia and central Asia. It has been listed as Near Threatened (NT) species recently by the red list of China’s vertebrates. Firstly, we obtained complete mitochondrial genome of Crocidura sibirica. In this study, the mitogenome sequence is 17,192 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 1 replication origin (OL) and 1 control region. This data provides basic data to application in conservation genetics and evolution for this Near Threatened species.

Keywords:

• Complete mitochondrial genome
• Crocidura sibirica
• conservation genetics

Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to Rui Liao from Sichuan Academy of Forestry for providing sample for this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [No.31670388] and The Project of Education Department of Sichuan Province [No.17ZB0360].