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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2014 Dec 1;129:253–284. doi: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2014.10.009

Table 1.

Summary of retroviral taxonomy, including the viruses discussed in this review and other commonly studied retroviruses

Family Genus Species

Orthoretrovirinae Alpharetrovirus Avian sarcoma leukosis virus
Rous sarcoma virus

Betaretrovirus Enzootic nasal tumor virus of goats
Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus
Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
Mouse mammary tumor virus
Simian retrovirus 4

Gammaretrovirus Feline leukemia virus
Gibbon ape leukemia virus
Murine leukemia virus
Spleen focus-forming virus
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related
virus

Deltaretrovirus Bovine leukemia virus
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1, 2, 3, and 4

Epsilonretrovirus Walleye dermal sarcoma virus

Lentivirus Bovine immunodeficiency virus
Equine infectious anemia virus
Feline immunodeficiency virus
Human immunodeficiency virus 1 and 2
Simian immunodeficiency virus

Spumaretrovirinae Spumavirus Bovine foamy virus
Feline foamy virus
Simian foamy virus