The mitochondrial genome of the black-tailed dusky antechinus (Antechinus arktos)

Abstract

In this study, we report the mitochondrial genome of the black-tailed antechinus (Antechinus arktos), a recently-discovered, endangered carnivorous marsupial inhabiting a caldera that straddles the border of Australia’s mid-east coast. The circular A. arktos genome is 17,334 bp in length and has an AT content of 63.3%. Its gene content and arrangement are consistent with reported marsupial mitogenome assemblies.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• carnivorous marsupial
• Dasyuridae
• Australia
• Antechinus

Acknowledgments

We thank Drs. Emma Gray (Queensland University of Technology) and Ian Gynther (Queensland Department of Environment and Science) for providing the A. arktos sample.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study is available at NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov GenBank (accession no. MK977601).

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health/School of Biomedical Sciences Industry Collaboration Preparedness Pilot Research Support Scheme, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants no. 31950410545 and 31900310, the Jiangsu Science and Technology Agency, and the Jiangsu Provincial Government.