A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ancistrocerus antilope has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens61
BINs3
Marker genes2
eDNA detections147
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus52 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 49 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)3.4%
Haplotypes8
BINs3
Most divergent pair6.8%
EuropeN.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P18S-5P
animal barcoderibosomal
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 373 records
Wild obs. + sensor780
Museum / vouchered1 583
Cultivated / captive1
Fossil1
Other8
Origin
Native191
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 128 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 175≤1 km 109≤10 km 430>10 km 4
718 georeferenced · 62 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor780
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 111≤1 km 187≤10 km 746>10 km 38
1 082 georeferenced · 501 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 583
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions23 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
330
Philadelphia, US
194
Bern, CH
95
Zürich, CH
95
Paro, BT
77
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
60
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
55
US
42
Saint John, CA
41
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
40
WIlocation not on record
32
University Park, US
27
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
19
NMOKlocation not on record
19
Chicago, US
19
ZMAAlocation not on record
18
Chicago, US
17
Champaign, US
17
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
15
Toronto, CA
15
Geneva, CH
14
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
14
St. Paul, US
11
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
11
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
10
MZLUlocation not on record
9
NCMGlocation not on record
8
Gothenburg, SE
7
Tartu, EE
6
Stockholm, SE
6
NHMOlocation not on record
5
Frauenfeld, CH
4
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
3
Espace pour la vielocation not on record
3
CBDClocation not on record
3
Trondheim, NO
3
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Sion, CH
2
neflocation not on record
2
ISENlocation not on record
2
Albuquerque, US
2
Tilburg, NL
1
LULlocation not on record
1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
1
Bonn, DE
1
SUNY ESFlocation not on record
1
CUlocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 1 370 of 1 583 vouchered records shown · 213 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA147 detections
Where the DNA of Ancistrocerus antilope was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found147
Studies independent surveys3
Countries9
Verifiable raw sequence linked9
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.2 °C 9.40–19.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.9 °C
Max temp (day)21.1 °C 14.0–25.1
Min temp (night)11.7 °C 5.60–16.0
Precipitation82.2 mm/mo 56.5–106
Air humidity58.9 % 52.3–64.0
Moisture balance-37.4 mm/mo -76.5–4.40
Vapour deficit759 Pa 455–992
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.40–4.30
Cloud cover40.4 % 33.1–50.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 133 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 373 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI147 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics61 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗