The complete mitochondrial genome of large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus (Pteropus, Pteropodidae)

Abstract

The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) is named after its fox-like face and noted for being one of the largest bats. Here, we reported the complete mitogenome sequence of P. vampyrus, which was 16,554 bp and composed of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and one control region, with a base composition of lower G+C content (41.5%). Like other bats, all genes were located on H-strand except for eight tRNA and ND6 genes. Most protein-coding genes started with an ATG codon except for ND2, ND3, and ND5, which initiated with ATA or ATT instead, and terminated with the typical stop codon (TAA/TAG) or a single T or an unexpected codon of AGG. Within the control region, 6 bp repeat (TACGCA) was appeared only nine times, much lower than other published Pteropus species. These results provided basic information for researching Pteropus vampyrus on genetics, phylogeny, and adaptive evolution.

Keywords:

• Bat
• mitogenome
• P. vampyrus

Acknowledgements

We would thank Baylor College of Medicine for generating the sequencing data of P. vampyrus used in this work and the anonymous reviewers for proving valuable comments on the manuscript.

Declaration of interest

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.