Genus: Tupavirus
Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae
Genus: Tupavirus
Distinguishing features
Viruses assigned to the genus Tupavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Tupaviruses infect mammals and birds. The genome organisation features an alternative long ORF (Px or C) in the P gene and a gene encoding a small hydrophobic protein (U1 or SH) between the M gene and the G gene.