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 Neomys anomalus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
BINs2
Marker genes4
eDNA detections10
Countries5
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P660 bp consensus7 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)1.8%
Haplotypes2
BINs2
Most divergent pair2.9%
Where individuals differ — all 23 variable positions, in barcode order
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-5P16S12SIRBP
animal barcoderibosomalmarker
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualNeomys anomalus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 52 n = 26
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin6.16 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 687 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 421
Museum / vouchered1 252
Other14
Origin
Native16
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 984 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 accuracy17% within 1 km
≤100 m 117≤1 km 92≤10 km 1 028>10 km 23
1 260 georeferenced · 161 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 421
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 accuracy31% within 1 km
≤100 m 50≤1 km 88≤10 km 310>10 km 3
451 georeferenced · 801 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 252
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 institutions15 of 30 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
MRI-PASlocation not on record
570
Belgrade : Natural History Museumlocation not on record
142
Bonn, DE
118
Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
77
Salzburg, AT
47
Universidad de Navarra, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
42
Zoological Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Ukrainian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
24
Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record
12
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
12
Brussels, BE
11
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
9
UNIBUClocation not on record
9
SECEMlocation not on record
8
Sevilla, ES
5
München, DE
3
Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birdslocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
3
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
3
Geneva, CH
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Mongolian Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Washington, US
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
Tacoma, US
1
Barcelona, ES
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Berkeley, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Chicago, US
1
30 institutions · 1 113 of 1 252 vouchered records shown · 139 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA10 detections
Where the DNA of Neomys anomalus 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 found10
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 10 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
How strong is each trace?
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 median12.0 °C 6.80–21.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.6 °C
Max temp (day)16.1 °C 10.7–26.2
Min temp (night)6.90 °C 2.40–15.0
Precipitation91.9 mm/mo 54.7–158
Air humidity59.9 % 56.6–62.7
Moisture balance9.50 mm/mo -90.8–53.2
Vapour deficit591 Pa 427–1,110
Wind speed2.60 m/s 2.00–3.20
Cloud cover43.0 % 34.5–46.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 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.
