Addendum: Transmission of MPXV from fire-footed rope squirrels to sooty mangabeys
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.
Authors
- Donata Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4552-031X)
- Lorenzo Lagostina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6661-705X)
- Alexander Mielke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8847-6665)
- Jasmin Schlotterbeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-2315)
- Ane López-Morales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4453-7832)
- Livia Victoria Patrono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-3607)
- Hjalmar S. Kühl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4440-9161)
- Ariane Düx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1819-8556)
- Fabian H. Leendertz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2169-7375)
- Martin Beer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-5254)
- Liran Samuni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-6050)
- Léonce Kouadio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1819-3333)
- Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-0509)
- Sten Calvelage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-9067)
- Jan F. Gogarten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-4113)
- Carme Riutord-Fe
- Harriet Herridge
- Nea Yves Noma
- Moritz J. S. Jochum
- Catherine Crockford
- Roman M. Wittig
- Sery Gonedelé-Bi
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (DE)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- German Primate Center (DE)
- Universität Greifswald (DE)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (DE)
- Université Pelefero Gon Coulibaly (CI)
- Swiss Centre for Scientific Research (CI)
- Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (DE)
- International University Institute (IHI) Zittau (DE)
- Institut des Sciences Cognitives (FR)
- Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (CI)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10767-2
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00