Brown greater galago prosimian foamy virus

Prosimiispumavirus otocra
A brown greater galago
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Pararnavirae
Phylum: Artverviricota
Class: Revtraviricetes
Order: Ortervirales
Family: Retroviridae
Subfamily: Spumaretrovirinae
Genus: Prosimiispumavirus
Species:
Prosimiispumavirus otocra

Prosimiispumavirus otocra (PSFVgal), the Brown greater galago prosimian foamy virus or simian foamy virus Otolemur crassicaudatus, is a retrovirus and the sole species in the genus Prosimiispumavirus, belonging to the subfamily Spumaretrovirinae of the family Retroviridae. Its natural host is the brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), a strepsirrhine primate from southern Africa, from which the species epithet otocra is derived. It is the only known exogenous foamy virus with a prosimian host, although traces of ancient foamy viruses have been found in the genomes of other prosimians as endogenous foamy viruses

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