List of animals that can get SARS-CoV-2


Dozens of captive animal species have been found infected or proven able to be experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus has also been found in over a dozen wild animal species.
Most animal species that can get the virus have not been proven to be able to spread it back to humans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that there is low risk that the virus would spread from animals to people but further studies are yet to be conducted.
AnimalDate detected 'Spread amongst themselves?Spreads to humans?Captive or wild infection?References
Bank voleApril 2021NoCaptive
Bat, Eastern red' Wild
Bat, Lesser horseshoe' Wild
Big hairy armadilloMarch 2022Captive
BinturongOctober 2021Captive
Black-tailed marmosetJanuary 2022Wild
BobcatNovember 2022Wild
Brown rat'Wild
Canada lynxDecember 2021Captive
CatApril 2020YesYesCaptive
Cattle'Captive
Common marmosetDecember 2020Captive
Civet
Cottontail rabbitNovember 2022NoWild
Cougar/Mountain Lion/PumaJuly 2020Captive
Crab-eating macaqueApril 2020Captive
DogMarch 2020NoCaptive
Domestic rabbitOctober 2020NoCaptive
Eastern deer mouseJune 2021YesCaptive and Wild
Eastern gray squirrelNovember 2022Wild
Eurasian BeaverAugust 2021Captive
Eurasian lynxNovember 2021Captive
European fallow deerFebruary 2022Wild
FerretApril 2020YesCaptive
Fishing catOctober 2021Captive
Fruit bat, EgyptianSeptember 2020YesCaptive
Giant Anteater'Captive
Golden hamsterMay 2020YesYesCaptive
GorillaJanuary 2021Captive
Groundhog'Wild
Hamadryas baboonDecember 2020Captive
HippopotamusDecember 2021Captive
Indian leopardOctober 2021Wild
LionOctober 2020Captive
TigerApril 2020UnconfirmedCaptive
MandrillAugust 2022Captive
Mink October 2020YesYesCaptive and Wild
Monkey, African greenSeptember 2020Captive
Mouse, Western european house'Captive
Otter, Asian small-clawedApril 2021Captive
Pangolin
February – July 2020 Wild
RaccoonNovember 2022Wild
Raccoon dogDecember 2020YesCaptive
Red foxNovember 2022Wild
Rhesus macaqueMay 2020Captive
Ring-tailed coatiOctober 2021Captive
Snow leopardDecember 2020Captive
Spotted hyenaNovember 2021Captive
Squirrel monkeyJuly 2022Captive
Striped skunkNovember 2022Wild
SwanSummer 2022Undisclosed
Virginia opossumNovember 2022Wild
West Indian manateeCaptive
White-footed mouseNovember 2022Wild
White-tailed deer December 2020YesYesCaptive and Wild