CHROMOSOME OF ORGANISM

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List of organisms by chromosome count

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This page lists the numbers of chromosomes in various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms, given as the diploid number (2n)

Organism	Scientific name	Diploid number of chromosomes	Notes
African Wild Dog	Lycaon pictus	78[1]
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	32[2]	Cultivated alfalfa is tetraploid, with 2n=4x=32. Wild relatives have 2n=16.[2]
American Badger	Taxidea taxus	32
American Marten	Martes americana	38
American Mink	Neovison vison	30
Aquatic Rat	Anotomys leander	92[3]	Tied for highest number in mammals with Ichthyomys pittieri.
Thale Cress	Arabidopsis thaliana	10
Barley	Hordeum vulgare	14[2]
Bat-eared Fox	Otocyon megalotis	72[1]
Bean	Phaseolus sp.	22[2]	All species in the genus have the same chromosome number, including P. vulgaris, P. coccineus, P. acutifolis, and P. lunatus.[2]
Beaver (American)	Castor canadensis	40
Beaver (Eurasian)	Castor fiber	48
Beech Marten	Martes foina	38
Bengal Fox	Vulpes bengalensis	60
Bittersweet nightshade	Solanum dulcamara	24[4][5]
Black nightshade	Solanum nigrum	72[6]
Moonworts	Botrychium	90
Nagaho-no-natsu-no-hana-warabi	Botrypus strictus	88	B. strictus and B. virginianus have been shown to be paraphyletic in the genus Botrypus
Rattlesnake fern	Botrypus virginianus	184
Cabbage	Brassica oleracea	18[2]	Broccoli, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower are all the same species and have the same chromosome number.[2]
Carp		104
Capuchin Monkey	Cebus x	54[7]
Cat	Felis catus	38
Chicken	Gallus gallus domesticus	78
Chimpanzee	Pan troglodytes	48 [8]
Chinchilla	Chinchilla lanigera	64 [9]
Coatimundi		38
Cotton	Gossypium hirsutum	52[2]	2n=4x; Cultivated upland cotton is derived from an allotetraploid
Cow	Bos primigenius	60
Coyote	Canis latrans	78[1]
Deer Mouse	Peromyscus maniculatus	48
Dhole	Cuon alpinus	78
Dingo	Canis lupus dingo	78[1]
Dog	Canis lupus familiaris	78[10]	76 autosomal and 2 sexual.[11]
Dolphin	Delphinidae Delphis	44
Donkey	Equus africanus asinus	62
Dove		78[12]	Based on African collared dove
Fruit fly	Drosophila melanogaster	8[13]	6 autosomal, and 2 sexual
Duck-billed Platypus		52
Earthworm	Lumbricus terrestris	36
Echidna		63/64	63 (XXY, male) and 64 (XXXX, female)
Elephant		56
Elk (Wapiti)	Cervus canadensis	68
Eurasian Badger	Meles meles	44
European honey bee	Apis mellifera	32	32 for females, males are haploid and thus have 16.
European Mink		38
European Polecat	Mustela putorius	40
Fennec Fox	Vulpes zerda	64[1]
Ferret	Mustela putorius furo	40
Field Horsetail	Equisetum arvense	216
Fisher (animal)		38	a type of marten
Fossa	Cryptoprocta ferox	42
Giraffe	Giraffa camelopardalis	62
Goat		60
Golden Jackal	Canis aureus	78[1]
Gorilla		48
Gray Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	66[1]
Gypsy moth		62
Hawkweed		8
Hare[14][15]		48
Hedgehog Genus Atelerix (African hedgehogs)		90
Hedgehog Genus Erinaceus (Woodland hedgehogs)		88
Kamraj (fern)	Helminthostachys zeylanica	94
Horse	Equus ferus caballus	64
Human	Homo sapiens	46[16]	44 autosomal and 2 sex
Husk Tomato	Physalis pubescens	24[17]
Hyena		40
Hyrax		??	Hyraxes are considered to be the closest living relative to the Elephant.
Crab-eating rat (semiaquatic rodent)	Ichthyomys pittieri	92[3]	Tied for highest number in mammals with Anotomys leander.
Jack jumper ant	Myrmecia pilosula	2[18]	2 for females, males are haploid and thus have 1; smallest number possible. Other ant species have more chromosomes.[18]
Kangaroo		16	This includes several members genus Macropus, but not the red kangaroo (M. rufus, 40)[19]
Kit Fox		50
Lion	Panthera leo	38
Long-nosed Cusimanse (a type of mongoose)		36
Maize	Zea mays	20[2]
Maned Wolf	Chrysocyon brachyurus	76
Mango	Mangifera indica	40[2]
Meerkat		36
Mosquito	Aedes aegypti	6[20]	The 2n=6 chromosome number is conserved in the entire family Culicidae, except in Chagasia bathana which has 2n=8.[20]
Mouse	Mus musculus	40
Mule		63	semi-infertile
Oats	Avena sativa	42[2]	This is a hexaploid with 2n=6x=42. Diploid and tetraploid cultivated species also exist.[2]
Adders-tongue	Ophioglossum reticulatum	1200 or 1260	This fern has the highest known chromosome number.
Orangutan	Pongo x	48
Oriental Small-clawed Otter	Aonyx cinerea	38
Pea	Pisum sativum	14[2]
Pig		38
Pigeon		80
Pine Marten	Martes martes	38
Pineapple	Ananas comosus	50[2]
Platypus	Ornithorhynchus anatinus	52 [21]	Ten sex chromosomes.
Potato	Solanum tuberosum	48[2]	This is a tetraploid; wild relatives mostly have 2n=24.[2]
Rabbit		44
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)		38[22]
Raccoon Dog	Nyctereutes viverrinus	42	some sources say sub-species differ with 38, 54, and even 56 chromosomes
Raccoon Dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	56
Radish	Raphanus sativus	18[2]
Rat		42
Red Deer	Cervus elaphus	68
Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	34[1]	Plus 3-5 microsomes.
		36
Grape ferns	Sceptridum	90
Sea Otter		38
Silverleaf nightshade	Solanum elaeagnifolium	24[24]
Sheep		54
Shrimp	Penaeus semisulcatus	86-92 [25]
Slime Mold	Dictyostelium discoideum	12 [26]
Snail		24
Spotted Skunk		64
Starfish		36
Striped skunk		50
Swamp Wallaby	Wallabia bicolor	10/11	10 for male, 11 for female
Tanuki/Raccoon Dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides albus	38
Tiger	Panthera tigris	38
Tibetan fox		36
Tobacco	Nicotiana tabacum	48[2]	Cultivated species is a tetraploid.[2]
Turkey		82
Virginia Opossum	Didelphis virginiana	22[27]
Wheat	Triticum aestivum	42[2]	This is a hexaploid with 2n=6x=42. Durum wheat is Triticum turgidum var. durum, and is a tetraploid with 2n=4x=28.[2]
White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus	70
Wolf		78
Woolly Mammoth	Mammuthus primigenius	58	extinct; tissue from a frozen carcass
Wolverine		42
Yellow Mongoose		36
Yeast	Saccharomyces cerivisiae	32