title: Eptesicus chiriquinus (Chiriquinan serotine) for Bat1K reference genome, in collaboration with BBF and VGP, mEptChi1
organism: Neoeptesicus chiriquinus
description: The Chiriquinan serotine (Eptesicus chiriquinus) is a species of house bat found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and Amazonia Legal. Its type locality is in Boquete, Chiriqui from an elevation of 4,000 ft (1,200 m). The species is an insectivore and is likely forest-dependent. It prefers moist habitats, montane tropical forests, or evergreen forests (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a male individual found in Suriname was procured by Burton Lim to generate a high-quality reference genome for Bat1K and the Bat Biology Foundation. Sequencing was conducted at Paratus Sciences and genome assembly was conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: mEptChi1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2006-02-11
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Suriname: Bakhuis Basecamp, Sipaliwini
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: male
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: heart, liver
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Bat1K, St. Andrews University: Sonja Vernes
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Burton Lim
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 4.730278 N 56.768056 W
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: Frozen
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal