Research Article
Taxonomy of Mitochondrial Cytochrome B Proteins of the Same Amino Acid Sequence Length
Table 5
Content of the number of cytochrome b amino acid sequences in the Swiss-Prot database in various biological orders of mammal (Mammalia) order.
| Biological orders of mammals | Number of molecules | Number of amino acid residues | Number of known speciesa |
| Rodentia (rodents) | 381 | 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 383, 384 | 2 552 | Artiodactyla (aetiodactyls) | 228 | 379, 380 | 551 | Chiroptera (bats) | 183 | 379 | 1 386 | Carnivora (carnivorous) | 118 | 379 | 305 | Eulipotyphla (insectivorous) | 97 | 379, 380 | 527 | Primates (primates) | 78 | 378, 379, 380 | 518 | Dasyuromorphia (carnivorous marsupials) | 59 | 381 | 78 | Lagomorpha (lagomorphs) | 44 | 379 | 98 | Diprotodontia (two forward teeth marsupials) | 12 | 379, 380, 381 | 155 | Didelphidae (opossums) | 12 | 382 | 111 | Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) | 10 | 379 | 21 | Peramelemorphia (marsupial omnivores) | 5 | 381 | 5 | Caenolestidae (rat opossum) | 3 | 381 | 10 | Pilosa (sloths and anteaters) | 3 | 379 | 24 | Proboscidea (elephants) | 3 | 378 | 23 | Scandentia (treeshrews) | 3 | 379 | 3 | Monotremata (monotremes) | 2 | 379 | 7 | Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles) | 1 | 379 | 55 | Cingulata (armadillos) | 1 | 379 | 20 | Dermoptera (colugos) | 1 | 379 | 2 | Hyracoidea (hyraxes) | 1 | 379 | 5 | Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) | 1 | 379 | 20 | Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles) | 1 | 381 | 2 | Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) | 1 | 379 | 5 | Tubulidentata (aardvarks) | 1 | 379 | 1 | Microbiotheria (monito del monte) | 0 | — | 3 | Pholidota (pangolins) | 0 | — | 8 | All Mammalia | 1 249 | 377–384 | 6 495 |
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