Table 1.

Animal taxa susceptible to infection with monkeypox virus.

Order	Family	Species	Common name	Method of determination	Comment	Citation
Didelphimorphia	Didelphidae	Monodelphis domestica	Gray short-tailed opossum	Outbreak among pocket pets	na	[39]
		Didelphis marsupialis	Southern opossum	Outbreak among pocket pets	na	[39]
Eulipotyphla	Erinaceidae	Atelerix spp.	African hedge hog	Outbreak among pocket pets	na	[39]
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Oryctolagus cuniculus	White rabbit	Laboratory infection studies	Adult animals generally not susceptible; outcomes vary by route of inoculation and genetic background of animal	[40]
Macroscelidea	Macroscelididae	Petrodromus tetradactylus	Four toed sengis (elephant shrews)	Field investigations	OPX antibody positive; no antigen or virus DNA detected	[29,31]
Pilosa	Myrmecophagidae	Myrmecophaga tridactyla	New World giant anteater	Outbreak, zoological park	Morbidity observed	[3]
Rodentia	Chinchillidae	Chinchilla lanigera	Chinchilla	Outbreak among pocket pets	OPX antibody positive; no antigen or virus DNA detected	[39]
	Cricetidae	Sigmodon hispidus	Cotton rat	Laboratory infection studies	Unpublished laboratory infection studies (Shelukhina 1980)	[41]
	Dipodidae	Jaculus spp.	Jerboa	Outbreak among pocket pets		[39]
	Gliridae	Graphiurus spp.	African dormouse	Outbreak among pocket pets; laboratory infection studies	In vivo imaging studies performed post-infection	[39,52]
	Muridae	Mus musculus	House mouse, laboratory mouse	Laboratory infection studies	Wild-derived castaneus strains were shown to be susceptible in laboratory studies; adult immune competent mice are generally resistant	[33,42]
		Mastomy natalensis	Multimammate mouse	Laboratory infection studies	Original studies unpublished	[43]
		Oenomys hypoxanthus	Rufus-nosed rat	Field investigations	OPX antibody positive; no antigen or virus DNA detected	[31]
	Nesomyidae	Cricetomys spp.	Giant pouched rat	Outbreak among pocket pets; laboratory infection studies	In vivo imaging studies performed post-infection	[39,53]
	Sciuridae	Cynomys ludovicanus	Black-tailed priarie dog	Outbreak among pocket pets; laboratory infection studies	In vivo imaging studies performed post-infection	[39,44]
		Funiscirus spp.	Rope squirrel	Outbreak among pocket pets; laboratory infection studies; virus isolate from wild-collected animal	F. anerythrus, F. pyrrphpus, F. congicus, F. lemniscatus demonstrated susceptibility even with low-dose inoculum*	[24,39,45]
		Heliosciurus gambianus	Sun squirrel	Laboratory infection studies	Unpublished laboratory infection studies; animals recovered after mild illness with low-dose inoculum**	[45]
		Protexerus strangeri	Forest giant squirrel	Laboratory infection studies	Unpublished laboratory infection studies	[45]
		Marmota monax	groundhog	outbreak among pocket pets	na	[39]
		Marmota bobak	Ground squirrel	laboratory infection studies	na	[46]
		Spermophilus tridecemlineatus	13-Lined ground squirrel	Laboratory infection studies	na	[47]
		Sciurus vulgaris	Red squirrel	Laboratory infection studies	na	[45]
		Xerus sp.	Unstriped ground squirrels	field investigations	MPXV DNA detected	[48]
Primates	Callitrichidae	Callithrix Jacchus	Marmoset	Laboratory infection studies	na	[49]
	Ceropithicediae	Cercopithecus spp.	Guenons	Field investigations	OPX antibody positive; no antigen or virus DNA detected	[50]
		Colobus spp.	Colobuses	Field investigations	OPX antibody positive; no antigen or virus DNA detected	[50]
		Cercocebus atys	Sooty mangabey	Field investigations	Viral isolate collected from wild animal found dead	[30]
	Hominidae	Gorilla sp.	Gorilla	Outbreak, zoological park	Morbidity observed	[3]
		Pan troglodytes	Chimpanzee	Outbreak at sanctuaries in Cameroon	Viral isolates obtained	[8]
		Pongo sp.	Orangutan	Outbreak, zoological park	Morbidity & mortality observed	[3]

‘na’, no additional relevant information.

(*) ≤10² plaque forming units (pfu); (**) 10⁴ pfu.