Species

Loxodonta africana

[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Proboscidea | Elephantidae | Loxodonta ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Craniata | Vertebrata | Gnathostomata | Teleostomi | Euteleostomi | Sarcopterygii | Dipnotetrapodomorpha | Tetrapoda | Amniota | Mammalia | Theria | Eutheria | Afrotheria | Proboscidea | Elephantidae | Loxodonta Synonym: Loxodonta africana africana Common: African savannah elephant, African bush elephant, African savanna elephant, elephant (German: Afrikanischer Elefant) Comment: The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, is the heaviest land animal and has one of the longest lifespans among mammals.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sequenced animal: A female from the San Diego Zoo, CA, USA. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (9785) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT: Elephant e! Ensembl: Elephant International TSA Sequencing Consortium: Loxodonta africana TSA Sequencing Consortium National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Eukaryotic Genomes Project UCSC Genome Bioinformatics: Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Genome Browser Gateway Publications: Cortez D, Marin R, Toledo-Flores D et. al. (2014) Origins and functional evolution of Y chromosomes across mammals. Nature 508, 488-493. 10.1038/nature13151 Lindblad-Toh K, Garber M, Zuk O et. al. (2011) A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals. Nature 478, 476-482. 10.1038/nature10530 Genome files Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Chromosome v 4.0.0 2010-12-07 - 40.8 3118.5 2886 - 5000 - Contigs v 3.0.0 2009-06-19 7.05 40.8 3118.5 95866 69 - Contigs v 2.0.0 2008-07-30 7 40.9 2445.0 984563 - 2 - Contigs v 1.0.0 2005-05-31 2 40.8 2295.5 918949 - 2 - Supercontigs v 3.0.0 2009-06-19 7.05 40.8 3118.5 2899 - 5000 - Supercontigs v 2.0.0 2008-07-30 7 40.9 2445.0 225381 - 64 - Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2005-05-31 2 40.8 2295.5 233134 - 45 - Unplaced reads v 3.0.0 2009-06-19 7.05 46.2 1407.2 2498886 0 - Unplaced reads v 2.0.0 2008-07-30 7 41.3 886.6 1348732 - 0 - Unplaced reads v 1.0.0 2005-05-31 2 41.6 1147.0 1688041 - 0 - National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 3.0.0 2009-06-16 7 40.8 3118.5 95866 - 69 Contigs v 2.0.0 2008-08-29 2.25 40.9 2445.0 984564 - 2 Contigs v 1.0.0 2005-05-02 2 40.8 2295.5 918949 - 2 Mitochondrium v 3.0.0 2009-06-16 7 38.7 0.0 1 - 16 Supercontigs v 3.0.0 2009-06-16 7 40.7 3097.7 693 - 48870 Supercontigs v 2.0.0 2008-08-29 2.25 40.8 2367.1 166558 - 67 Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2005-05-02 2 40.7 2148.5 152706 - 47 TSA v 1.0.0 2014-02-04 42.1 0.0 34 - UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Supercontigs v 3.0.0 e! Ensembl Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Supercontigs v 3.0.0