Table 1.
Examples of Members of the Families Paramyxoviridae and Pneumoviridae
| Family | Genus | Speciesa |
|---|---|---|
| Paramyxoviridae | Aquaparamyxovirus | Salmon aquaparamyxovirus (Atlantic salmon paramyxovirus, AsaPV) |
| Avulavirus | Avian avulavirus 1 (Newcastle disease virus, NDV) | |
| Ferlavirus | Reptilian ferlavirus (Fer-de-Lance virus, FDLV) | |
| Henipavirus | Hendra henipavirus (Hendra virus, HeV) | |
| Nipah henipavirus (Nipah virus, NiV) | ||
| Cedar virus (CedV) | ||
| Morbillivirus | Measles morbillivirus (measles virus, MeV) | |
| Canine morbillivirus (canine distemper virus, CDV) | ||
| Rinderpest morbillivirus (rinderpest virus, RPV) | ||
| Respirovirus | Human respirovirus 1 (human parainfluenza virus 1, HPIV1) | |
| Murine respirovirus (Sendai virus, SeV) | ||
| Human respirovirus 3 (human parainfluenza virus 3, HPIV3) | ||
| Bovine respirovirus 3 (bovine parainfluenza virus 3, BPIV3) | ||
| Rubulavirus | Mumps rubulavirus (mumps virus, MuV) | |
| Mammalian rubulavirus 5 (parainfluenza virus 5, PIV5; previously named simian virus 5, SV5) | ||
| Human rubulavirus 2 (human parainfluenza virus 2, HPIV2) | ||
| Human rubulavirus 4 (human parainfluenza virus 4, HPIV4) | ||
| Simian rubulavirus (simian virus 41, SV-41) | ||
| Pneumoviridae | Metapneumovirus | Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) |
| Avian metapneumovirus (AMPV) | ||
| Orthopneumovirus | Human orthopneumovirus (human respiratory syncytial virus, HRSV) | |
| Bovine orthopneumovirus (bovine respiratory syncytial virus, BRSV) | ||
| Murine orthopneumovirus (murine pneumonia virus; previously pneumonia virus of mice, PVM) |
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Renamed virus species that use non-Latinized binomial names similar to nomenclature already implemented for six of the eight families of Mononegavirales are listed first (ICTV code 2016.011aM). Names of exemplar virus members and abbreviations are listed in parentheses.