Table 1. Details on primer pairs for species identification in fur samples.

Primer set	Target mtDNA	Forward (5′-3′)	Reverse (5′-3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	Primer positions	Ta (°C)	Needs sequencing
furND1	ND1	CTAGCAATTATTCTCCTATCAGTCC	ACTAGTTCGGATTCTCCTTCAGT	187	3,183–3,370 U966391	53	YES
lupCR	CR	GTGCTATGTCAGTATCTCCAGGT	GAAAGATCAGTGAATTATGAGATTGAG	149	15,494–15,643 U966391	56	NO
nycCR	CR	ATACCTCACCACCCTCTATTT	TGATTAAGTAGTTTATGTCTATTGTGAC	155	15,468–15,623 NC0137002	52	NO
vulCR	CR	ATTAACCAGTGTGTTACGACTATCC	TGCAGTCATGTATGCTCCTGATA	169	15,469–15,638 AM1810373	56	NO
proCR	CR	CCATCGCATACTCAATCCTACTG	TCTGCGACGTAGGCCTATTTACTA	173	1,574–1,747 AB2978044	53	NO
felCytb	cytb	CCTAGTAGCGGATCTCCTAACC	ACGGTTTTCAATAATGCCTGAG	145	16,019–16,164 U207535	55	YES

Notes:

Amplicon sizes include primer lengths. bp, base pair; T_a, annealing temperature; ND1, NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit ND1 gene; CR, control region, cytb, cytochrome b. Primer positions according to reference complete mitochondrial sequences.

¹Kim et al. (1998);

²published only in database;

³Arnason et al. (2006);

⁴published only in database;

⁵Lopez, Cevario & O’Brien (1996).