The Diploid Number Of Chromosomes Of Various Species

THE DIPLOID NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES OF VARIOUS SPECIES

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Myrmecia pilosula (ant) 2 for females, males are haploid Mosquito 6 Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) 8, with 6 autosomal, and 2 sexual Hawkweed 8 Arabidopsis thaliana 10 Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) 10 (male), 11 (female) Kangaroo 12 Amoeba 13 Barley 14 Pea 14 Rye 14 Alfalfa 16 Dove 16 Guinea Pig 16 Cabbage 18 Radish 18 Maize 20 Bean 22 Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby 22 Virginia Opossum 22[2] Rice 24 American Mink 30 American Badger 32 Yeast 32 Fox 34 Earthworm 36 Red Panda 36 Long-nosed Cusimanse (a type of mongoose) 36 Tibetan fox 36 Meerkat 36 Yellow Mongoose 36 Starfish 36 American Marten 38 Beech Marten 38 Cat 38 Coatimundi 38 European Mink 38 Fisher (animal) 38 (a type of marten) Oriental Small-clawed Otter 38 Pig 38 Pine Marten 38 Raccoon 38 Red Fox 38 Sable 38 Sea Otter 38 Tanuki/Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus) 38 Tiger 38 European Polecat 40 Ferret 40 Hyena 40 Mouse 40 Rüppell's Fox 40 Fossa 42 Oat 42 Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus) 42 (some sources say sub-species differ with 38, 54, and even 56 chromosomes) Rat 42 Wheat 42 Wolverine 42 Eurasian Badger 44 Rabbit 44 Syrian hamster 44 Hare 46 Human 46, with 44 autosomal and 2 sexual Chimpanzee 48 Rhesus Monkey 48 Deer mouse 48 Gorilla 48 Orangutan 48 Potato 48 Tobacco 48 Catla catla 50 Labeo rohita 50 Cirrhinus mrigala 50 Kit Fox 50 Striped skunk 50 Zen Raccon Dog 51 Duck-billed Platypus 52 Capuchin Monkey 54 [1] Sheep 54 Elephant 56 Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) 56 Woolly Mammoth (extinct; tissue from a frozen carcass) 58 Bengal Fox 60 Cow 60 Goat 60 Sable Antelope 60 Donkey 62 Echidna 63 (XXY, male) and 64 (XXXX, female) Gypsy moth 62 Mule 63 (semi-infertile) Horse 64 Fennec Fox 64 Spotted Skunk 64 Gray Fox 66 Red Deer (Elk/Wapiti) 68 Caribou/Reindeer 70 White-tailed Deer 70 Bat-eared Fox 72 Golden Jackal 74 Maned Wolf 76 African Wild Dog 78 Chicken 78 Coyote 78 Dhole 78 Dingo 78 Dog 78 Wolf 78 Pigeon 80 Turkey 82 Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus (Woodland hedgehogs) 88 Hedgehog Genus Atelerix (African hedgehogs) 90 Ichthyomys pittieri (semiaquatic rodent) 94 [highest for a mammmal] Carp 104 Algae 148 Field horsetail 216 Ophioglossum reticulatum (fern) 1200 or 1260 [highest plant] Aulacantha (protozoa) 1600 [highest]