The first complete mitochondrial genome data of the Afghan pika Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae), near the type locality

Mitogenome sequence is assembled using high throughput sequencing data for two individuals of Ochotona rufescens rufescens (FMNH102840 & FMNH102841). Genomic DNA was extracted following the modified phenol-chloroform extraction protocol (Roycroft et al. 2021; 2022). double-indexed and double-stranded library preparation; mitogenome enrichment with myBaits Custom 20-40K (Daicel Arbour Biosciences, USA); sequencing: Illumina NextSeq 550 platform; mitogenome assembled de novo in NOVOPlasty v.4.3.1 and annotated in MITOS2 web server. The circular mitogenome map was drawn using OGDRAW. Phylogenetic relationship was inferred using IQ-TREE.The mitogenome The mitogenome data are available in the GenBank under the accession number ON859136 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/ON859136) & ON859137 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/ON859137). Raw sequence data are available in Sequence Read Archive [BioProject: PRJNA1020817, BioSample: SAMN37529232 (individual FMNH102840) SAMN37529233 (individual FMNH102841); doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/37529232; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/37529233.]