Table 1.

Summary of the current filovirus taxonomy as endorsed by the ICTV Filoviridae Study Group and accepted by the ICTV

Current taxonomy and nomenclature (Ninth ICTV Report and updates) [1, 23, 24]	Previous taxonomy and nomenclature (Eighth ICTV Report) [10]
Order Mononegavirales	Order Mononegavirales
Family Filoviridae	Family Filoviridae
Genus Marburgvirus	Genus Marburgvirus
Species Marburg marburgvirus	Species Lake Victoria marburgvirus
Virus 1: Marburg virus (MARV)	Virus: Lake Victoria marburgvirus (MARV)
Virus 2: Ravn virus (RAVV)
Genus Ebolavirus	Genus Ebolavirus
Species Taï Forest ebolavirus	Species Cote d’Ivoire ebolavirus [sic]
Virus: Taï Forest virus (TAFV)	Virus: Cote d’Ivoire ebolavirus [sic] (CIEBOV)
Species Reston ebolavirus	Species Reston ebolavirus
Virus: Reston virus (RESTV)	Virus: Reston ebolavirus (REBOV)
Species Sudan ebolavirus	Species Sudan ebolavirus
Virus: Sudan virus (SUDV)	Virus: Sudan ebolavirus (SEBOV)
Species Zaire ebolavirus	Species Zaire ebolavirus
Virus: Ebola virus (EBOV)	Virus: Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV)
Species Bundibugyo ebolavirus
Virus: Bundibugyo virus (BDBV)
Genus Cuevavirus*
Species Lloviu cuevavirus*
Virus: Lloviu virus (LLOV)

^*Taxa proposed to and provisionally approved by the ICTV Executive Committee.