Major outbreaks of mpox occurred between 1996 and 1997 in the DRC and sporadic cases occurred in other African countries ... time the virus was found in a wild animal was in 1985 when a squirrel ...
and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus. The first time the virus was found in a wild animal was in 1985 when a squirrel (Funiscirurs ...