Table 1.
The basic classification of the viruses based on Virus Taxonomy: 2016 Release EC 48, Budapest, Hungary, August 2016
| Order | Family | No of subfamilies | No of genus | No of species |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunyavirales | Feraviridae | 1 | 1 | |
| Fimoviridae | 1 | 9 | ||
| Hantaviridae | 1 | 41 | ||
| Jonviridae | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nairoviridae | 1 | 12 | ||
| Peribunyaviridae | 2 | 52 | ||
| Phasmaviridae | 1 | 6 | ||
| Phenuiviridae | 4 | 24 | ||
| Tospoviridae | 1 | 11 | ||
| Caudovirales | Myoviridae | 6 | 39 not in a Subfamily | 258 |
| Podoviridae | 3 | 20 not in a Subfam. | 121 | |
| Siphoviridae | 6 | 94 not in a Subfam. | 522 | |
| Herpesvirales | Alloherpesviridae | 4 | 12 | |
| Herpesviridae | 3 | 9 | 57 | |
| Malacoherpesviridae | 2 | |||
| Ligamenvirales | Lipothrixviridae | 3 | 8 | |
| Rudiviridae | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mononegavirales | Bornaviridae | 1 | 8 | |
| Filoviridae | 3 | 7 | ||
| Mymonaviridae | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nyamiviridae | 3 | 4 | ||
| Paramyxoviridae | 7 | 49 | ||
| Pneumoviridae | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rhabdoviridae | 18 | 131 | ||
| Sunviridae | 1 | 1 | ||
| Unassigned | 5 | 5 | ||
| Nidovirales | Arteriviridae | 5 | 17 | |
| Coronaviridae | 2 | 6 | 39 | |
| Mesoniviridae | 1 | 7 | ||
| Roniviridae | 1 | 1 | ||
| Picornavirales | Dicistroviridae | 3 | 15 | |
| Iflaviridae | 1 | 15 | ||
| Marnaviridae | 1 | 1 | ||
| Picornaviridae | 35 | 80 | ||
| Secoviridae | 1 Subfam. and 5 not | 23 | ||
| Unassigned | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tymovirales | Alphaflexiviridae | 7 | 50 | |
| Betaflexiviridae | 2 | 11 | 89 | |
| Gammaflexiviridae | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tymoviridae | 3 | 39 | ||
| Unassigned | 84 families see full name https://talk.ictvonline.org/taxonomy/ | 12 | 361 | 2488 |