The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of <i>Rattus tanezumi</i> (Niethammer, 1975), captured from North China

<i>Rattus tanezumi</i> (Niethammer, 1975) is one of the commensal rodent species in South China. With the development of transportation and climate change, <i>R. tanezumi</i> has gradually migrated north and become the dominant rat species for the past few years. In this study, we assembled a complete mitochondrial genome of <i>R. tanezumi</i>, captured from North China. The mitogenome contains 16,307 nucleotide pairs, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes, as well as one non-coding control region. Based on whole mitogenome phylogenetical analysis showed that <i>R. tanezumi</i> captured from North China had a close phylogenetic relationship with that from Japan and South Korea. These findings are valuable for further studies on the evolution, genetic diversity, and taxonomy of Asian commensal rodent.