The first mitochondrial genome data of an old world fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx from Malaysia

Abstract

We assembled the complete mitogenome of Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797) of the family Pteropodidae originating from Malaysia. The total mitogenome size was 16,710bp which consists of 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and one control region). A phylogenetic and BLASTn result showed the mitogenome sequence in this study varies by nearly 7% (93.48% similarity) from the same species in Cambodia. The next closest match of BLASTn was at 92% similarity to the C. brachyotis. This suggests the species-complex in Cynopterus sp. has given rise to the genetic variability.

Keywords:

• Cynopterus sphinx
• species-complex
• genetic variability
• phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.

Data availability statement

Mitogenome data supporting this study are openly available in GenBank at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT259587. Associated BioProject, SRA, and BioSample accession numbers are https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA610427, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRR11241208, and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/SAMN14297803, respectively.

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Funding

This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme [R.J130000.7845.4F963], Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Research University Grant Tier 1 [Q.J130000.2545.18H49] and and UTM Transdisciplinary Research Grant [Q.J130000.3554.05G69/Q.J130000.3514.06G58].