Mitogenome data of Nycticebus coucang insularis Robinson, 1917 (Primate: Lorisidae)

Jeffrine J Rovie-Ryan; Millawati Gani; Yin Peng Lee; Han Ming Gan; Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104058

Mitogenome data of Nycticebus coucang insularis Robinson, 1917 (Primate: Lorisidae)

Data Brief. 2019 May 25:25:104058. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104058. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

Jeffrine J Rovie-Ryan^{1

2}, Millawati Gani¹, Yin Peng Lee^{3

4}, Han Ming Gan^{3

5}, Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah²

Affiliations

¹ National Wildlife Forensic Laboratory (NWFL), Ex-Situ Conservation Division, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (PERHILITAN) Peninsular Malaysia, KM 10 Jalan Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
³ Monash University Malaysia Genomics Facility, Tropical Medicine and Biology Multidisciplinary Platform, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
⁴ Deakin Genomics Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220 Australia.
⁵ School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220 Australia.

Abstract

This data article presents the first complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of an endangered slow loris subspecies, Nycticebus coucang insularis Robinson, 1917 from Tioman Island, Pahang. Once considered as extinct, an individual of the subspecies was captured alive from the island during the 2016 Biodiversity Inventory Programme as highlighted in the related research article entitled "Rediscovery of Nycticebus coucang insularis Robinson, 1917 (Primates: Lorisidae) at Tioman Island and its mitochondrial genetic assessment" Rovie-Ryan et al., 2018. Using MiSeq™ sequencing system, the entire mitogenome recovered is 16,765 bp in length, made up of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and one control region. The mitogenome has been deposited at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession number NC_040292.1/MG515246.

Keywords: Mitogenome; Nycticebus coucang insularis; Tioman island.