Table 2 Animal species susceptible to infection with monkeypox virus
From: Monkeypox: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention
Order | Family | Species | Common name | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Didelphimorphia | Didelphidae | Monodelphis domestica, Didelphis marsupialis | Gray short-tailed opossum, Southern opossum | |
Eulipotyphla | Erinaceidae | Atelerix spp. | African hedgehog | |
Lagomorpha | Leporidae | Oryctolagus cuniculus | White rabbit | |
Macroscelidea | Macroscelididae | Petrodromus tetradactylus | Four toed sengis (elephant shrews) | |
Pilosa | Myrmecophagidae | Myrmecophaga tridactyla | New World giant anteater | |
Rodentia | Chinchillidae | Chinchilla lanigera | Chinchilla | |
Cricetidae | Sigmodon hispidus | Cotton rat | ||
Dipodidae | Jaculus spp. | Jerboa | ||
Gliridae | Graphiurus spp. | African dormouse | ||
Muridae | Mus musculus, Mastomy natalensis, Oenomys hypoxanthus, Rattus norvegicus | House mouse, Multimammate mouse, Rufus-nosed rat, Brown rat | ||
Nesomyidae | Cricetomys spp. | Giant pouched rat | ||
Sciuridae | Cynomys ludovicanus, Funiscirus spp., Heliosciurus gambianus, Protexerus stranger, Marmota monax, Marmota bobak, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Sciurus vulgaris, Xerus sp., Funisciurus lemniscatus, Funisciurus anerythrus, Funisciurus ilsabella, Funisciurus congicus, Heliosciurus gambianus, Heliosciurus rufobrachium | Black-tailed priarie dog, Rope squirrel Sun squirrel, Forest giant squirrel, groundhog, Ground squirrel, 13-Lined ground squirrel, Red squirrel, Unstriped ground squirrels, Ribboned rope squirrel Thomas’s rope squirrel, Lady Burton’s rope squirrel, Gambian sun squirrel, Red-legged sun squirrel | ||
Hystricidae | Atherurus africanus | African brush-tailed porcupine | ||
Primates | Callitrichidae | Callithrix Jacchus | Marmoset | |
Ceropithicediae | Colobus spp., Cercocebus atys, Cercocebus galeritus, Cercopithecus Ascanius, Cercopithecus mona, Cercopithecus aethiops, Cercopithecus nictitans, Cercopithecus petaurista, Cercopithecus neglectus, Cercopithecus pogonias, Cercopithecus hamlyni, Cercopithecus spp., Colobus badius (now Procolobus badius), Allenopithecus nigroviridis, Macaca mulatta, Macaca fascicularis, Semnopithecus spp., Colobus badius | Colobuses, Sooty mangabey, Agile or Crested mangabey, Black-cheeked white-nosed monkey/Red-tailed monkey, Mona monkey, Grivet, Putty-nosed Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey, De Brazza’s Monkey, Crowned Monkey, Hamlyn’s Monkey, Guenons, Red colobus monkey, Allen’s swamp monkey, Rhesus monkey, Crab-eating Macaque, Gray langur, Red Colobus | ||
Hominidae | Gorilla sp., Pan troglodytes, Pongo sp., Homo sapiens | Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Human | ||
Hylobatidae | Hylobates lar | Lar Gibbon | ||
Cebidae | Saimiri sciureus | squirrel monkey | ||
Lorisidae | Perodicticus potto | West African Potto | ||
Carnivora | Procyonidae, Felidae | Nasua nasua, Felis spp. | South American Coati, Felis | |
Artiodactyla | Suidae | Sus scrofa | Eurasian Wild Pig |
