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. 2022 Jun 20;3(1):iqac003. doi: 10.1093/oxfimm/iqac003

Table 1:

Reports of susceptibility of different animal hosts to SARS-CoV-2

Host Species In vitro susceptibility In vivo susceptibility Transmission Detected in wild Anthroponosis Reverse anthroponosis
White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus Yes Yes [86, 87] Yes [86, 87] Yes [75] Yes [76, 88] Probable [89]
American mink/ European mink Neogale vison/ Mustela lutreola Yes Yes Yes [73, 74] Yes [90] Yes [74] Yes [74]
Other mustelids Mustela putorius furo
Martes martes
Meles meles
Yes Yes [91] Yes [79, 91–93] Yes [94] Yes [94]
Domestic cats Felis catus Yes [77] Yes [95, 96] Yes [95, 97] Yes [98, 99]
Dogs Canis lupus familiaris Yes Yes [95, 96] No [95] Yes [81, 99]
Big cats Panthera spp.
Puma concolor
Yesa Yes [72] Yes [72]
Spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta Yesa Yesa Yesa
Bearcat Arctictis binturong Yesa Yesa Yesa
Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus Yesa Yesa Yesa
Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis Yesa Yesa Yesa
Coati Nasua nasua Yesa Yesa Yesa
Cattle Bos Taurus Yes Yes [80] No [80]
Pigs Sus scrofa Yes [77, 78] No [78, 79]
Chickens Gallus gallus No [79]
Fruit bats Rousettus aegyptiacus Yes Yes [79]
Horseshoe bats Rhinolophus sinicus Yes [77, 100, 101]
Vesper bats Pipistrellus abramus Low [101]
Rats/mice Rattus norvegicus
Mus musculus
Variants only [102] Variants only [102] No [102]
Hamsters Mesocricetus auratus Yes Yes [103] Yes [104] Yes [104]
Non-human primates Macaca mulatta
Macaca fascicularis
Chlorocebus aethiops
Yes Yes [77, 103]
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/dashboards/tableau/sars-dashboard; green: confirmed positive; red: confirmed negative; orange: unconfirmed; yellow: some variants only.