First complete mitochondrial genome of the Saharan striped polecat (Ictonyx libycus)

Figures & data

Table 1. The GenBank accession numbers for the sequences used in Figure 3 with the references for the sequences.

Species	GenBank Accession Number	References
Nasua nasua	HM106331	(Yu et al. 2011)
Procyon lotor	CM027276	(Yonezawa et al. 2007)
Taxidea taxus	HM106330	(Yu et al. 2011)
Mellivora capensis	MW257239	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Meles meles	MW257227	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Arctonyx collaris	HM106329	(Yu et al. 2011)
Gulo gulo	AM711901	(Arnason et al. 2007)
Martes americana	HM106324	(Yu et al. 2011)
Martes zibellina	FJ429093	(Xu et al. 2012)
Melogale moschata	MW257240	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Neovison vison	HM106322	(Yu et al. 2011)
Mustela nivalis	MW257229	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Mustela nigripes	KM272752	(Zhao et al., 2016)
Vormela peregusna	MW013133	(Boukhdoud et al. 2021)
Ictonyx striatus	MW257237	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Poecilogale albinucha	MW257232	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Galictis vittata	MW257225	(Hassanin et al. 2021)
Enhydra lutris	AB291077	(Yonezawa et al. 2007)
Lutra lutra	LC050126	(Waku et al. 2016)
Aonyx cinerea	KY117535	(Mohd Salleh et al. 2017)

Figure 1. Photograph of a Saharan striped polecat, Ictonyx libycus. ©Joel Sartore/Photo Ark.

Figure 2. Annotated mitogenome map of the Saharan striped polecat (Ictonyx libycus). Colors indicate different gene types: yellow = protein-coding genes (CDS), red = rRNA genes, magenta = tRNA genes, and orange = the control region. Direction of gene arrows indicates direction of transcription. The black outer ring shows the relative nucleotide position of the components of the mitogenome.

Figure 3. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree showing the relationship of Ictonyx libycus within the Mustelidae. Numbers on branches are bootstrap support values (out of 100 replicates). Branch colors highlight each lineage within Mustelidae. GenBank accession numbers are included in parentheses next to the species.

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Data availability statement

The mitochondrial genome sequence is available on GenBank of NCBI at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov with the accession number of ON584176. The associated raw reads generated by genome skimming can be found under the BioProject ‘Lesser-known carnivores,’ accession number PRJNA847318. The associated Bio-Sample and SRA are SAMN28928423 and SRS13342623 respectively.