Vulpes vulpes
Red fox
GC content
40.92%
Whole genome
Non-coding
1,432 bp
D-loop 1,354 bp
Where Red fox sits among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Red fox has the 825th longest lifespan of them.
- This species
- Other mammals
- Other classes
Base composition
Whole genome16,813 bp
- GC skew (G − C) / (G + C)
- −0.273
- AT skew (A − T) / (A + T)
- +0.058
Life history
- Maximum lifespan
- 21.3 years
- Adult weight
- 4.1 kg
- Birth weight
- 100 g
- Basal metabolic rate
- 13.731 W
- Body temperature
- 38.7 °C
- Female sexual maturity
- 304 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 304 days
- Gestation or incubation
- 52 days
- Litter or clutch size
- 5
- Litters per year
- 1
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0177 per day
Lifespan from AnAge · AnAge record · other traits from AnAge Build 15 (HAGRID 02100)
About this record
- Lifespan source
- AnAge build 15
- Based on
- an animal in captivity
- Data quality
- acceptable, medium sample
- Licence
- Free to use, subject to the Human Ageing Genomic Resources conditions of use
- Status
- Unchanged since build 1
- In the database since
- build 1 (2015-07-01)
Every change against the 2015 build is in the changelog download.
Composition by region
Reference (L) strand as deposited in RefSeqWhole genome16,813 bp
Protein-coding11,343 bp
12S rRNA957 bp
16S rRNA1,578 bp
All tRNA1,510 bp
D-loop1,354 bp
Genes and regions
Select a column to sort; select a gene to compare it across species| Composition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND1NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 | 957 bp | 43.78% | −0.394 | −0.026 | |||||
| ND2NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 | 1,044 bp | 39.08% | −0.441 | +0.116 | |||||
| COX1Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I | 1,545 bp | 42.14% | −0.164 | −0.065 | |||||
| COX2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II | 684 bp | 40.06% | −0.255 | +0.073 | |||||
| ATP8ATP synthase F0 subunit 8 | 204 bp | 34.80% | −0.437 | +0.128 | |||||
| ATP6ATP synthase F0 subunit 6 | 681 bp | 41.70% | −0.401 | +0.018 | |||||
| COX3Cytochrome c oxidase subunit III | 784 bp | 45.28% | −0.285 | −0.049 | |||||
| ND3NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 | 347 bp | 39.19% | −0.338 | −0.005 | |||||
| ND4LNADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L | 297 bp | 39.06% | −0.241 | −0.028 | |||||
| ND4NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 | 1,379 bp | 41.12% | −0.390 | +0.027 | |||||
| ND5NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 | 1,821 bp | 41.02% | −0.371 | +0.013 | |||||
| ND6NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 | 528 bp | 38.07% | −0.433 | +0.272 | |||||
| CYTBCytochrome b | 1,140 bp | 42.28% | −0.311 | −0.018 | |||||
| 12S rRNA12S ribosomal RNA | 957 bp | 40.75% | −0.087 | +0.203 | |||||
| 16S rRNA16S ribosomal RNA | 1,578 bp | 38.21% | −0.078 | +0.192 | |||||
| D-loopControl region (D-loop) | 1,354 bp | 45.42% | −0.252 | +0.061 |
Codon usage
Counts per codon, darker is more frequent3,802 codons in all protein-coding genes. Grouped with the Vertebrate mitochondrial code (NCBI table 2).
Phe F6.0%
UUU93
UUC135
Leu L15.5%
UUA92
UUG29
CUU82
CUC93
CUA232
CUG61
Ile I8.8%
AUU186
AUC150
Met M6.6%
AUA190
AUG61
Val V5.0%
GUU44
GUC44
GUA76
GUG25
Ser S7.6%
UCU65
UCC69
UCA87
UCG13
AGU22
AGC33
Pro P5.1%
CCU51
CCC68
CCA67
CCG8
Thr T7.8%
ACU81
ACC99
ACA106
ACG12
Ala A7.0%
GCU59
GCC96
GCA96
GCG15
Tyr Y3.6%
UAU59
UAC76
His H2.7%
CAU29
CAC75
Gln Q2.3%
CAA74
CAG15
Asn N3.8%
AAU62
AAC83
Lys K2.7%
AAA83
AAG19
Asp D2.0%
GAU26
GAC49
Glu E2.5%
GAA65
GAG29
Cys C0.6%
UGU6
UGC18
Trp W2.7%
UGA90
UGG14
Arg R1.7%
CGU10
CGC7
CGA40
CGG8
Gly G5.7%
GGU42
GGC50
GGA83
GGG40
Stop 0.3%
UAA8
UAG1
AGA1
AGG0
Genome map
38 annotated features in NC_008434.1Hover, tap or tab to a feature to see its position, length, strand and GC content. Genes and rRNAs open their own pages.
- Protein-coding13
- rRNA2
- tRNA22
- D-loop1
- Outer ring: + strand, arrows run clockwise. Inner ring: − strand.
- Middle ring: GC% of each gene against the whole genome (40.9%, dashed): out is GC-richer, in is AT-richer (full height = 6 points).
All 38 features as a table
| Feature | Type | Start | End | Length | Strand | GC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tRNA-Phe | Transfer RNA | 1 | 69 | 69 bp | + | – |
| 12S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 70 | 1,026 | 957 bp | + | 40.8% |
| tRNA-Val | Transfer RNA | 1,027 | 1,093 | 67 bp | + | – |
| 16S rRNA | Ribosomal RNA | 1,094 | 2,671 | 1,578 bp | + | 38.2% |
| tRNA-Leu (UUR) | Transfer RNA | 2,672 | 2,746 | 75 bp | + | – |
| ND1 | Protein-coding gene | 2,749 | 3,705 | 957 bp | + | 43.8% |
| tRNA-Ile | Transfer RNA | 3,705 | 3,773 | 69 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Gln | Transfer RNA | 3,771 | 3,844 | 74 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Met | Transfer RNA | 3,846 | 3,915 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND2 | Protein-coding gene | 3,916 | 4,959 | 1,044 bp | + | 39.1% |
| tRNA-Trp | Transfer RNA | 4,958 | 5,025 | 68 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ala | Transfer RNA | 5,038 | 5,106 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asn | Transfer RNA | 5,108 | 5,178 | 71 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Cys | Transfer RNA | 5,212 | 5,280 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Tyr | Transfer RNA | 5,281 | 5,348 | 68 bp | − | – |
| COX1 | Protein-coding gene | 5,350 | 6,894 | 1,545 bp | + | 42.1% |
| tRNA-Ser (UCN) | Transfer RNA | 6,892 | 6,960 | 69 bp | − | – |
| tRNA-Asp | Transfer RNA | 6,967 | 7,034 | 68 bp | + | – |
| COX2 | Protein-coding gene | 7,035 | 7,718 | 684 bp | + | 40.1% |
| tRNA-Lys | Transfer RNA | 7,736 | 7,802 | 67 bp | + | – |
| ATP8 | Protein-coding gene | 7,804 | 8,007 | 204 bp | + | 34.8% |
| ATP6 | Protein-coding gene | 7,965 | 8,645 | 681 bp | + | 41.7% |
| COX3 | Protein-coding gene | 8,645 | 9,428 | 784 bp | + | 45.3% |
| tRNA-Gly | Transfer RNA | 9,429 | 9,496 | 68 bp | + | – |
| ND3 | Protein-coding gene | 9,497 | 9,843 | 347 bp | + | 39.2% |
| tRNA-Arg | Transfer RNA | 9,844 | 9,912 | 69 bp | + | – |
| ND4L | Protein-coding gene | 9,913 | 10,209 | 297 bp | + | 39.1% |
| ND4 | Protein-coding gene | 10,203 | 11,581 | 1,379 bp | + | 41.1% |
| tRNA-His | Transfer RNA | 11,581 | 11,650 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Ser (AGY) | Transfer RNA | 11,651 | 11,709 | 59 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Leu (CUN) | Transfer RNA | 11,710 | 11,779 | 70 bp | + | – |
| ND5 | Protein-coding gene | 11,780 | 13,600 | 1,821 bp | + | 41.0% |
| ND6 | Protein-coding gene | 13,584 | 14,111 | 528 bp | − | 38.1% |
| tRNA-Glu | Transfer RNA | 14,112 | 14,180 | 69 bp | − | – |
| CYTB | Protein-coding gene | 14,185 | 15,324 | 1,140 bp | + | 42.3% |
| tRNA-Thr | Transfer RNA | 15,325 | 15,394 | 70 bp | + | – |
| tRNA-Pro | Transfer RNA | 15,394 | 15,459 | 66 bp | − | – |
| D-loop | Control region | 15,460 | 16,813 | 1,354 bp | – | 45.4% |