Table 2 The 41 mammalian species in study.
From: The adaptive evolution of the mammalian mitochondrial genome
Common name | Acession number | Superorder (Order) | Species | Habitat | Food Habits | Geographic Range | Basal Metabolic Rate [53, 87] (ml of O2 per h); M (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cape Golden Mole | NC_004920 | Afrotheria (Chrysochloridae) | Chrysochloris asiatica | sandy soil | small invertebrates | South Africa | low; 44 |
cape rock hyrax | NC_004919 | Afrotheria (Hyracoidea) | Procavia capensis | savanna or grassland; scrub forest. | herbivore | Syria south through NE Africa through most of sub-Saharan Africa. Isolated mountains in Libya and Algeria. | medium; 2400 |
African savana elephant | NC_000934 | Afrotheria (Proboscidea) | Loxodonta africana | savannah/desert | herbivore | Sahara Desert to the south tip of Africa, from the Atlantic (western) coast of Africa to the Indian Ocean in the east | high; 3670000 (from Elephas maximus) |
elephant shrew | NC_004921 | Afrotheria (Macroscelidea) | Elephantulus sp. VB001 | savannas, deserts, thornbush and tropical forests | inverterbrates | Africa | low; 51 ( Elephantus AVE) |
short-eared elephant shrew | NC_004026 | Afrotheria (Macroscelidea) | Macroscelides proboscideus | desert and semi-desert areas | invertebrates and herbivorous diet | Namibia, southern Botswana, and South Africa | low; 39 |
Dugong | NC_003314 | Afrotheria (Sirenia) | Dugong dugon | tropical marine coastal water | sea grasses | east Africa, northern coast of Australia, island groups of the South Pacific | UNK; 569000 |
small Madagascar hedgehog | NC_002631 | Afrotheria (Tenrecidae) | Echinops telfairi | dry forests, scrub, cultivated areas, dry coastal regions and semidesert | invertebrates; also baby mice | Madagascar | medium; 116 |
Aardvark | NC_002078 | Afrotheria (Tubulidentata) | Orycteropus afer | dry savanna to rain forest | omnivorous; termites | Africa | medium; 48000 |
Malayan flying lemur | NC_004031 | Euarchontoglires (Dermoptera) | Cynocephalus variegatus | arboreal | herbivorous | Thailand and Indochina | UNK; 1375 |
Rabbit | NC_001913 | Euarchontoglires (Lagomorpha) | Oryctolagus cuniculus | savanna or grassland; forest | herbivore | Europe | medium; 2000 |
American pika | NC_005358 | Euarchontoglires (Lagomorpha) | Ochotona princeps | areas of broken rock and talus; taiga; mountains | herbivore | central British Columbia to south-central California and east to Colorado | medium; 109 |
domestic guinea pig | NC_000884 | Euarchontoglires (Rodentia) | Cavia porcellus | grassy plains | herbivore | Â | medium; 629 |
greater cane rat | NC_002658 | Euarchontoglires (Rodentia) | Thryonomys swinderianus | along river banks and near marshes | herbivore | KwaZulu-Natal; Gauteng and the Northern Province; Mpumalanga | UNK; 8 |
house mouse | NC_005089 | Euarchontoglires (Rodentia) | Mus musculus | temperate; forest | omnivore | originally distributed from the Mediterranean region to China; spread throughout the world | low; 21 |
Rat | NC_001665 | Euarchontoglires (Rodentia) | Rattus norvegicus | temperate; tropical; desert; savanna or grassland; chaparral; forests; mountains | omnivore | native to northern China; can be found on every continent of the world except Antarctica | medium; 300 |
Eurasian red squirrel | NC_002369 | Euarchontoglires (Rodentia) | Sciurus vulgaris | temperate; forest | herbivore | Europe and northern Asia | medium; 532 ( Sciurus AVE) |
Human | NC_001807 | Euarchontoglires (Primates) | Homo sapiens | Â | omnivore | Â | high; 75 |
ring-tailed lemur | NC_004025 | Euarchontoglires (Primates) | Lemur catta | tropical forests | herbivore | Madagascar | UNK |
northern tree shrew | NC_002521 | Euarchontoglires (Scandentia) | Tupaia belangeri | tropical forests | omnivore | southeast Asia | medium; 123 (from T. glis) |
Dog | NC_002008 | Laurasiatheria (Carnivora) | Canis familiaris | Â | carnivore | Â | medium; 8860 ( Canis AVE) |
Cat | NC_001700 | Laurasiatheria (Carnivora) | Felis catus | Â | carnivore | Â | high; 13200 (Felidae AVE) |
humpback whale | NC_006927 | Laurasiatheria (Cetartiodactyla) | Megaptera novaeangliae | warm tropical waters to arctic waters | carnivores (crustaceans, plankton, and small fish) | North Pacific Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, southern Hemisphere | UNK; 36000000 |
white-beaked dolphin | NC_005278 | Laurasiatheria (Cetartiodactyla) | Lagenorhynchus albirostris | Â | carnivore (fish, squid, octopus and small crustaceans) | Icelandic waters and in the North Sea. | UNK; 200 |
Hippopotamus | NC_000889 | Laurasiatheria (Cetartiodactyla) | Hippopotamus amphibius | shallow water; can live in cold climates (but not frozen water) | herbivore | Africa | UNK; 235E+04 |
Cattle | NC_006853 | Laurasiatheria (Cetartiodactyla) | Bos taurus | Â | herbivore | Â | high; 500 |
Pig | NC_000845 | Laurasiatheria (Cetartiodactyla) | Sus scrofa | Â | omnivore | Â | high; 200 |
Alpaca | NC_002504 | Laurasiatheria (Cetartiodactyla) | Lama pacos | altitude of 3500 to 5000 meters above sea-level | herbivore | Andes | UNK; 170 |
Ryukyu flying fox | NC_002612 | Laurasiatheria (Chiroptera) | Pteropus dasymallus | Â | fruit | Â | medium; 492 ( Pteropus AVE) |
Egyptian rousette | NC_007393 | Laurasiatheria (Chiroptera) | Rousettus aegyptiacus | humid dark roosts | very ripe fruit | Africa, Egypt to Turkey, Cyprus, Arabian peninsula east to Pakistan | medium; 146 |
Jamaican fruit-eating bat | NC_002009 | Laurasiatheria (Chiroptera) | Artibeus jamaicensis | neotropical; forests | herbivore; also insects | central Mexico to Bolivia and central Brazil through the Greater and Lesser Antilles | low; 45 |
New Zealand long-tailed bat | NC_002626 | Laurasiatheria (Chiroptera) | Chalinolobus tuberculatus | Â | insectivore | New Zealand | Low; 18 (from C. gouldii) |
western European hedgehog | NC_002080 | Laurasiatheria (Eulipotyphla) | Erinaceus europaeus | savanna or grassland; forest | omnivore | region, except the Himalayas and North Africa | medium; 750 |
long-clawed Shrew | NC_005435 | Laurasiatheria (Eulipotyphla) | Sorex unguiculatus | wet grasslands to montane forests | seeds, insects, nuts, worms | along the Pacific coastline of Siberia | low; 13 |
European mole | NC_002391 | Laurasiatheria (Eulipotyphla) | Talpa europaea | savanna or grassland; forest | invertebrates | throughout temperate Europe to east in Russia | medium; 100 |
Horse | NC_001640 | Laurasiatheria (Perissodactyla) | Equus caballus | Â | herbivore | Â | high; 500 |
white rhinoceros | NC_001808 | Laurasiatheria (Perissodactyla) | Ceratotherium simum | savanna or grassland; chaparral ; forest | herbivore | Africa | UNK; 2700 |
Brazilian tapir | NC_005130 | Laurasiatheria (Perissodactyla) | Tapirus terrestris | forests | bulk of their diet is herbivorous; aquatic organisms | South America | UNK; 2000000 |
long-tailed pangolin | NC_004027 | Laurasiatheria (Pholidota) | Manis tetradactyla | rainforest | invertebrates | Uganda to Senegal and Angola | medium; 1430 |
nine-banded armadillo | NC_001821 | Laurasiatheria (Xenarthra) | Dasypus novemcinctus | savanna or grassland; forest | invertebrates; occasionally birds, small mammals, fruits | Peru and northern Argentina to the south-central and southeastern United States. It is also found on the islands of Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago | medium; 3510 |
southern two-toed sloth | NC_006924 | Laurasiatheria (Xenarthra) | Choloepus didactylus | rainforest | herbivore | Central America and northern South America | medium; 3770 (from C. hoffmanni ) |
southern tamandua | NC_004032 | Laurasiatheria (Xenarthra) | Tamandua tetradactyla | savanna or grassland; forests; at elevations to 2000 m | invertebrates | South America | medium; 3500 |
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