Molossus alvarezi (Alvarez's mastiff bat) genome, mMolAlv2, haplotype 1. Molossus alvarezi isolate:mMolAlv2

Alvarez's mastiff bat (Molossus alvarezi) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae, native to the Yucatan Peninsula. It lives within a relative homogenous environment within perennial forests, low forests, and a band of xeric vegetation. (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a female individual found in Lamanai, Orange Walk District, Belize, was procured by Nancy Simmons and Sonja Vernes to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Bat Biology Foundation and the Bat1K project. Sequencing was conducted at Paratus Sciences and genome assembly was conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.