The complete mitochondrial genome of the lesser sac-winged bat Saccopteryx leptura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Costa Rica

José Horacio Grau; Martina Nagy; Emrah Coraman; Frieder Mayer

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1318679

The complete mitochondrial genome of the lesser sac-winged bat Saccopteryx leptura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Costa Rica

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Apr 21;2(1):234-235. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1318679.

Authors

José Horacio Grau¹, Martina Nagy², Emrah Coraman^{1

3}, Frieder Mayer¹

Affiliations

¹ Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany.
² Animal Behavior Lab, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³ Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Here we present the first complete mitochondrial genome of the lesser sac-winged bat Saccopteryx leptura (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from Costa Rica, assembled from next-generation sequencing data. The mitogenome of Saccopteryx leptura measures 16,577 bp in length, and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. A slight A + T bias was observed in the mitogenome of Saccopteryx leptura with an overall base composition of 31.5% A, 28.3% T, 25.8% C, and 14.2% G, and a GC content of 40.1%. The gene arrangement was identical to that of previously described bat mitogenomes.

Keywords: Chiroptera; Emballonuridae; Saccopteryx leptura; lesser sac-winged bat; mitogenome.