Table 1.

The diploid number and the number of human homologous segments in mammalian genomes

Taxon	Species	2n	Number of conserved segments with human chromosomes
Aves	Chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus	78	>118
Marsupialia	Short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica	18	139
Afrotheria	Golden mole, Chrysochloris asiaticus	30	32
	Elephant-shrew, Elephantulus rupestris	26	36
	Aardvark, Orycteropus afer	20	31
	African elephant, Loxodonta africana	56	45
	Asian elephant, Elephas maximus	56	45
	Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris	48	44
Edentata	Hoffmann's sloth, Choloepus hoffmannii	50	33
	Two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus,	66	43
	Lesser Anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla	54	45
	Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus	64	41
Primates	Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus	48	24
	Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla	48	26
	Chimpanzee, Pan troglodites	48	24
	Crested gibbon, Hylobates concolor	52	66
	White-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar	44	51
	Siamang, Hylobates syndactylus	50	60
	Japanese Monkey, Macaca fuscata	42	25
	Chinese Langur, Semnopithecus francoisi	44	30
	White-headed Capuchin, Cebus capucinus	54	34
	Marmoset, Callitrix jacchus	46	32
	Red howler, Alouatta seniculus arctoidea	42	41
	Bolivian red howler, Alouatta seniculus sara	48	40
	Dusky titi, Callicebus moloch	50	36
	Red titi, Callicebus cupreus	46	46
	Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri sciureus	44	39
	Silver Langer, Presbitis cristata	44	31
	Spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi	34	51
	Slow lori, Nycticebus coucang	50	41
	Brown lemur, Eulemur fulvus	60	39
Dermoptera	Malayan flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus	56	44
Scandentia	Northern Treeshrew, Tupaia belangeri	62	41
Lagomorpha	European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus	44	39
	Northern Pika, Ochotona hyperborea	40	41
Rodentia	Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis	40	38
	Red giant flying squirrel, Petaurista albiventer	38	36
	Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus	38	36
	Berdmore's Ground Squirrel, Menetes berdmorei	38	36
	African ground squirrel, Xerus cf. erythropus	38	36
	Himalayan marmot, Marmota himalayana	38	36
	European beaver Castor fiber	48	43
	Birch mouse, Sicista betulina	32	62
	Springhare, Pedetes capensis	38	46
	House Mouse, Mus musculus	40	96
	Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus	42	95
Chiroptera	Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina	32	42
	Greater Mouse-eared Bat, Myotis myotis	44	46
	Pond Bat, Myotis dasycneme	44	46
	Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus	44	46
	Mediterrana pipistrelle, Pipistrellus mediterraneus	44	46
	Southern Free-Tailed Bat, Mormopterus planiceps	48	42
	Stoliczka's trident bat, Aselliscus stoliczkanus	30	40
	Intermediate leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros larvatus	32	41
	Mehely's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus mehelyi	58	44
	Long-tongued dawn fruit bats, Eonycteris spelaea,	36	41
Lipotyphla	Long-eared Hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus	48	61
	European mole, Talpa europaea	34	55
	Common Shrew, Sorex araneus	22	41
	Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew, Blarinella griselda	44	52
	Shrew Gymnure, Neotetracus sinensis	32	59
Pholidota	Malayan pangolin, Manis javanica	38	48
Carnivora	Mink, Mustela vision	30	33
	European Polecat, Mustela putorius	40	33
	Cat, Felis catus	38	32
	Spotted Hyena, Crocuta crocuta	40	34
	Masked Palm Civet, Paguma larvata	44	33
	Spectacled Bear, Tremarctos ornatus	50	45
	Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca	42	43
	Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes	34	74
	Dog, Canis familiaris	78	74
Pinnipedia	Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina	32	31
Perissodactyla	Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis	84	51
	White rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum	82	51
	Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus	52	49
	Horse, Equus caballus	64	52
	Donkey, Eguus asinus	62	52
	Burchell's Zebra, Equus burchelli	44	50
	Grevy's zebra, Equus grevyi	46	50
Cetartiodactyla	Dromedary camel, Camelus dromedarius	74	47
	Pig, Sus scrofa	38	47
	Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis	30	45
	Cattle, Bos taurus	60	50
	Asian water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis	50	50
	Sheep, Ovis aries	54	54
	Hunter's hartebeest, Damaliscus hunteri	44	51
	Indian Muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak	6	50
	Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus	44	31

References are given in [87].