Abstract
We have characterized the complete mitochondrial genome of Cynopterus sphinx (Pteropodidae: Cynopterus) and described its organization in this study. The total length of C. sphinx complete mitochondrial genome was 16,895 bp with the base composition of 32.54% A, 14.05% G, 25.82% T and 27.59% C. The complete mitochondrial genome included 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA) and 1 control region (D-loop). The control region was 1435 bp long with the sequence CATACG repeat 64 times. Three protein-coding genes (ND1, COI and ND4) were ended with incomplete stop codon TA or T.
Acknowledgements
We thank Wang Hui, Jiang Haiying and Mei Xiaolin from Guangdong Entomological Institute for their laboratory assistance for this work.
Declaration of interest
This study was funded and supported by the NSFC (31071905) and the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University (1302k001).