The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758

Wellcome Open Res. 2020 Feb 3:5:18. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15679.1. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sciurus vulgaris (the Eurasian red squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.88 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.

Keywords: Sciurus vulgaris; chromosomal; genome sequence; red squirrel.