The genome sequence of Saccopteryx leptura, Schreber, 1774 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Saccopteryx)

Ine Alvarez van Tussenbroek; Mirjam Knörnschild; Martina Nagy; Martin Pippel; Thomas Brown; Sylke Winkler; Myrtani Pieri; Meike Mai; Eugene W Myers; Emma C Teeling; Sonja Vernes; Bat1K Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25254.1

The genome sequence of Saccopteryx leptura, Schreber, 1774 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Saccopteryx)

Ine Alvarez van Tussenbroek
, Mirjam Knörnschild
, Martina Nagy
, Martin Pippel
, Thomas Brown
, Sylke Winkler
, Myrtani Pieri
, Meike Mai
, Eugene W Myers
, Emma C Teeling
, Sonja Vernes^*
, Bat1K Consortium

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Saccopteryx leptura (Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Emballonuridae). The genome sequence is 2.6 Gb in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 14 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the X chromosome assembled. Due to the Y chromosome being very short in this species, assembly has not yet been successful.

Original language	English
Article number	92
Number of pages	10
Journal	Wellcome Open Research
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25254.1
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2026

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Chromosomal
Genome sequence
Saccopteryx Leptura
Bat1K

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The genome sequence of Saccopteryx leptura, Schreber, 1774 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Saccopteryx) (dataset)
Vernes, S. (Creator), NCBI GenBank, 2026
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1017170/ and 2 more links, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA489245/, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_036850995.1/ (show fewer)
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Alvarez van Tussenbroek, I., Knörnschild, M., Nagy, M., Pippel, M., Brown, T., Winkler, S., Pieri, M., Mai, M., Myers, E. W., Teeling, E. C., Vernes, S., & Bat1K Consortium (2026). The genome sequence of Saccopteryx leptura, Schreber, 1774 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Saccopteryx). Wellcome Open Research, 11, Article 92. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25254.1

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