Table 1. Characteristic features of the binturong mitogenome (H denotes Heavy Strand; L denotes Light Strand).

Gene	Strand	Start	End	Size (bp)	Start codon	Stop codon	Base composition (%)		AT SKEW	GC SKEW
							(A+T)%	(G+C)%
tRNAFPhe	H	1	69	68	–	–	60	39	0.26	−0.02
12S rRNA	H	70	1,034	964	–	–	59	39	0.25	−0.17
tRNAVTyr	H	1,035	1,103	68	–	–	59	39	0.22	−0.28
16S rRNA	H	1,104	2,678	1,574	–	–	62	37	0.19	−0.08
tRNAL2	H	2,679	2,754	75	–	–	58	40	0	−0.1
nad1	H	2,755	3,697	942	ATG	AGA	60	38	0	−0.4
tRNAIAsp	H	3,698	3,767	69	–	–	72	26	0.08	0.15
tRNAQLeu	L	3,768	3,841	73	–	–	66	32	0.09	−0.4
tRNAMHis	H	3,842	3,911	69	–	–	55	42	0.01	−0.25
nad2	H	3,912	4,944	1,032	ATT	AGA	65	33	0.13	−0.51
tRNAWSer	H	4,945	5,015	70	–	–	57	41	0.12	−0.17
tRNAACys	L	5,016	5,085	69	–	–	64	34	0.15	−0.35
tRNANVal	L	5,086	5,159	73	–	–	60	39	0	−0.2
tRNACAla	L	5,160	5,228	68	–	–	56	42	−0.07	−0.19
tRNAYVal	L	5,229	5,297	68	–	–	60	74	0	0.4
cox1	H	5,298	6,831	1,533	ATG	TAA	62	36	−0.1	−0.11
tRNAS2	L	6,832	6,901	69	–	–	63	35	0.17	−0.2
tRNADVal	H	6,902	6,971	69	–	–	70	28	−0.05	0.2
cox2	H	6,972	7,653	681	ATG	TAA	64	34	0.03	−0.2
tRNAKPhe	H	7,654	7,722	68	–	–	72	26	0.08	0
atp8	H	7,723	7,921	198	ATG	TAA	71	27	0.12	−0.5
atp6	H	7,922	8,597	675	ATG	TAA	63	34	−0.01	−0.5
cox3	H	8,598	9,381	783	ATG	TAG	61	37	−0.04	−0.4
tRNAGSer	H	9,382	9,452	70	–	–	65	33	0.04	−0.09
nad3	H	9,453	9,798	345	ATA	TA	64	34	0	−0.35
tRNARSer	H	9,799	9,868	69	–	–	77	21	0.14	−0.04
nad4l	H	9,869	10,163	294	ATG	TAA	64	33	−0.09	−0.33
nad4	H	10,164	11,532	1,368	ATG	TA	64	34	0.03	−0.41
tRNAHVal	H	11,533	11,602	69	–	–	76	22	0.02	0s
tRNAS1Ala	H	11,603	11,662	59	–	–	65	33	0.07	−0.09
tRNALSer	H	11,663	11,733	70	–	–	68	31	0.2	0.09
nad5	H	11,734	13,540	1,806	ATT	TAA	65	34	0.01	−0.4
nad6	L	13,541	14,063	522	ATG	TAA	62	35	0.32	−0.4
tRNAEPhe	L	14,064	14,133	69	–	–	69	29	0.13	−0.24
Cob	H	14,134	15,268	1,134	ATG	AGA	60	38	0	−0.31
tRNATCys	H	15,269	15,340	71	–	–	63	34	0.04	−0.11
tRNAPTrp	L	15,341	15,407	66	–	–	55	43	0.23	−0.39
Control region	H	15,408	16,642	1,234	–	–	61	37	0.01	−0.29