|
Animal
|
Chromosome number
|
|
78
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
5.
Amoeba (Amoeba proteus)
|
250 (haploid)
|
|
6.
Ant, Jack jumper (Myrmecia pilosula)
|
2 for females, males are haploid.
|
|
7.
Aquatic rat (Anotomys
leander)
|
92 (Highest number in mammals with
Ichthyomys pittieri)
|
|
8.
Ass (Equus hemionus )
|
66
|
|
9.
Aulacantha
(protozoa) [highest]
|
1600
|
|
72
|
|
|
11.
Beaver American (Castor
Canadensis)
|
40
|
|
12.
Beaver Eurasian (Castor fiber)
|
48
|
|
13.
Beech marten (Martes foina
)
|
38
|
|
14.
Bengal Loach fish (Botia
dario)
|
90
|
|
22
|
|
|
16.
Buffalo (Bison bison)
|
60
|
|
17.
Capuchin monkey (Cebus x)
|
54
|
|
70
|
|
|
19.
Carp
|
104
|
|
20.
Cat
(Felis catus)
|
38
|
|
21.
Cattle (Bos taurus, B. indicus)
|
60
|
|
22.
Channa
|
32
|
|
23.
Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
|
78, 77
|
|
24.
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
|
48
|
|
25.
Chinchilla (Chinchilla
lanigera)
|
64
|
|
26.
Clarias (Magur)
|
52
|
|
27.
Coatimundi (Nausua
nausua)
|
38
|
|
28.
Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
|
Male:23, Female: 24
|
|
29.
Coracias benghalensis
|
78
|
|
30.
Cow
(Bos primigenius)
|
60
|
|
31.
Coyote (Canis latrans )
|
78
|
|
32.
Crab-eating rat (semi-aquatic
rodent) (Ichthyomys pittieri)
|
92 (Highest number in mammals with
Anotomys leander)
|
|
33.
Crocodile (Mugger)
|
30
|
|
34.
Crow (Corvus splendens)
|
78
|
|
35.
Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
|
48
|
|
36.
Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
|
78
|
|
37.
Dingo (Canis lupus dingo)
|
78
|
|
38.
Dog
(Canis lupus familiaris)
|
78
|
|
39.
Dolphin (Delphinidae
Delphis)
|
44
|
|
40.
Donkey (Equus africanus asinus)
|
62
|
|
41.
Dove
|
16
|
|
42.
Dove,
African collared dove (Streptopelia
roseogrisea)
|
78
|
|
43.
Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)
|
8 (6 autosomal & 2 sexual)
|
|
44.
Duck
|
80
|
|
45.
Duck-billed Platypus
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
|
52
Ten sex chromosomes
|
|
46.
Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris )
|
36
|
|
47.
Echidna
|
63 (XXY, male) and 64 (XXXX,
female)
|
|
48.
Elephant (Elephas)
|
56
|
|
49.
Elk (Wapiti / red deer) (Cervus
elaphus)
|
68
|
|
50.
Eryx johni
(Dumai)
|
34
|
|
51.
Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
|
44
|
|
52.
European mink (Mustela lutreola)
|
38
|
|
53.
European polecat (Mustela putorius)
|
40
|
|
54.
Ferret (Mustela putorius furo )
|
40
|
|
55.
Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
|
216
|
|
56.
Fisher (Martes
pennanti)- a type of marten
|
38
|
|
57.
Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
|
42
|
|
58.
Fox, Bengal (Vulpes bengalensis)
|
60
|
|
59.
Fox, Fennec (Vulpes zerda)
|
64
|
|
60.
Fox, Red (Vulpes vulpes)
|
34
Plus 3-5 microsomes
|
|
61.
Frog (British)
|
26
|
|
62.
Frog (Indian)
|
24
|
|
63.
Gadusia chapra
|
46
|
|
64.
Gambusia
|
48
|
|
65.
Geometrid moth
|
224
|
|
66.
Gharial
|
32
|
|
67.
Giraffe (Giraffa
camelopardalis)
|
62
|
|
68.
Goat
(Capra aegagrus hircus)
|
60
|
|
69.
Gold fish
|
94
|
|
70.
Golden jackal (Canis aureus)
|
78
|
|
71.
Gorilla (Gorilla
gorilla)
|
48
|
|
72.
Grasshopper
|
23, 24
|
|
73.
Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
|
66
|
|
74.
Guinea pig
|
64
|
|
75.
Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
|
62
|
|
76.
Hare
(Lepus capensis)
|
48
|
|
77.
Hedgehog, African (Atelerix albiventris)
|
90
|
|
78.
Hedgehog, Woodland (Erinaceus)
|
88
|
|
79.
Honeybee (Apis spp)
|
Male: 16, Female: 32
|
|
80.
Honeybee, European (Apis
mellifera)
|
32
|
|
81.
Horse (Equus ferus caballus )
|
64
|
|
82.
Housefly (Musca domestica)
|
12
|
|
83.
Human (Homo sapiens)
|
46 (44 autosomal, 2 sexual)
|
|
84.
Hydra
|
32
|
|
85.
Hyena (Crocuta
crocuta)
|
40
|
|
86.
Kangaroo (Macropus spp)
|
12
|
|
87.
Kangaroo, red (M. rufus)
|
40
|
|
88.
Kit fox (Vulpes
macrotis)
|
50
|
|
89.
Lac insect
|
32
|
|
90.
Lion (Panthera leo)
|
38
|
|
91.
Long-nosed Cusimanse (a type
of mongoose)
|
36
|
|
92.
Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
|
76
|
|
93.
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
|
36
|
|
94.
Mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
|
6 (Also for Culicidae
except in Chagasia bathana (8)
|
|
95.
Mouse (Mus musculus)
|
40
|
|
96.
Mule
|
63 (semi-infertile)
|
|
97.
Myrmecia pilosula (ant)
|
2 for females, males are haploid
|
|
98.
Opossum
|
22
|
|
99.
Orangutan (Pongo x)
|
48
|
|
100. Oriental
Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerea)
|
38
|
|
101. Pig (Sus scrofa)
|
40
|
|
102. Pigeon
|
79, 80
|
|
103. Pine
marten (Martes martes)
|
38
|
|
104. Platy
fish
|
48
|
|
105. Porcupine
(Erethizon dorsatum)
|
34
|
|
106. Rabbit
|
44
|
|
107. Raccoon
(Procyon lotor)
|
38
|
|
108. Raccoon
dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
|
56
|
|
109. Raccoon
Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus)
|
42 (some sources say sub-species
differ with 38, 54, and even 56 chromosomes)
|
|
110. Raccoon
dog, Zen
|
51
|
|
111. Raccoon
Dog/Tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides
albus)
|
38
|
|
112. Rat
|
42
|
|
113. Red
panda
|
36
|
|
114. Reeves's
Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
|
46
|
|
115. Rhesus
monkey
|
42
|
|
116. Roundworm (Ascaris
lumbricoides)
|
48
|
|
117. Roundworm (Ascaris
megalocephala)
|
2
|
|
118. Roundworm (Caenorhabditis)
|
Male: 11, Female: 12
|
|
119. Rueppell's fox
|
40
|
|
120. Sable (Martes
zibellina)
|
38
|
|
121. Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger)
|
46
|
|
122. Sea otter
|
38
|
|
123. Sheep (Ovis aries)
|
54
|
|
124. Shrimp
(Penaeus semisulcatus)
|
86-92
|
|
125. Silkworm
|
56
|
|
126. Snail
|
24
|
|
127. Spotted skunk (Spilogale x)
|
64
|
|
128. Starfish
|
36
|
|
129. Striped
skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
|
50
|
|
130. Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
|
10 (male), 11 (female)
|
|
131. Syrian hamster
|
44
|
|
132. Tibetan sand fox (Vulpes
ferrilata)
|
36
|
|
133. Tiger (Panthera
tigris)
|
38
|
|
134. Toad
|
24
|
|
135. Turkey
|
81, 82
|
|
136. Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
|
22
|
|
137. White-tailed Deer
(Odocoileus virginianus)
|
70
|
|
138. Wolf
(Canis lupus)
|
78
|
|
42
|
|
|
140. Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius;
extinct)
|
58
|
|
36
|