Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: In our Nature paper we identified transmission of MPXV from a fire-footed rope squirrel ( F. pyrropus ) to sooty mangabeys. A recent study suggested the elevation of West African populations of fire-footed rope squirrel to a separate species under the name F. leucostigma (ref. 1 ). We agree with this proposal and report that a mitogenomic phylogeny places the fire-footed rope squirrel in our study in the new taxon. This taxonomic revision has not yet been broadly adopted by major reference databases, so we retained the currently predominant nomenclature (a single species name for all populations: F. pyrropus ) in our article.
Source: Nature
Authors: Carme Riutord-Fe, Jasmin Schlotterbeck, Lorenzo Lagostina, Leonce Kouadio, Harriet R. Herridge, Moritz J. S. Jochum, Nea Yves Noma, Ane López-Morales, Donata Hoffmann, Sten Calvelage, Hjalmar Kühl, Alexander Mielke, Catherine Crockford, Liran Samuni, Roman M. Wittig, Martin Beer, Sery Gonedelé-Bi, Jan F. Gogarten, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Ariane Düx, Livia V. Patrono, Fabian H. Leendertz
Institutions: Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Swiss Centre for Scientific Research, Université Pelefero Gon Coulibaly, Leibniz Association, Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, International University Institute (IHI) Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden, Queen Mary University of London, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, German Primate Center, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Universität Greifswald, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Language: English
Subfield: Virology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $12,690
OpenAlex ID: W7165773105