SeveralIdentificáronse speciesvarias ofespecies de ''Cytomegalovirus'' haveque beenafectan identifieda anddiferentes classified for different [[mammal]]smamíferos.<ref name="isbn0-521-82714-0"/> TheO mostmáis studiedestudado isé ''Humano cytomegalovirus''citomegalovirus humano (HCMV), whichtamén ischamado also known as ''Human herpesvirus-5'' humano (HHV-5). OtherOutras primateespecies de CMV speciesde include[[primates]] son o ''Chimpanzeecitomegalovirus do cytomegaloviruschimpancé'' (CCMV) thatque infectsinfecta a [[chimpanzeechimpancé]]s ande [[orangutanorangután]]s, ando ''Simiancitomegalovirus cytomegalovirus''simio (SCCMV) ande o citomegalovirus do macaco ''Rhesus cytomegalovirus'' (RhCMV) thatque infectinfecta aos [[macaquemacaco]]s; o CCMV iscoñécese knowntanto asco bothnome [http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/188763 ''Panine herpesvirus 2'' (PaHV-2) andcoma ''Pongine herpesvirus-4'' (PoHV-4)]. SCCMVO isSCCMV calleddenomínase [http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/50292 ''Cercopithecine herpesvirus-5'' (CeHV-5)] ande o RhCMV, [http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/47929 ''Cercopithecine herpesvirus 8'' (CeHV-8)]. AOutros furtherdous twovirus virusesidentificados foundno inmono the''Aotus'' [[nightforon monkey]]situados areprovisoriamente tentativelyno placed in thexénero ''Cytomegalovirus'' genus, ande are calleddenomínanse ''Herpesvirus aotus 1'' ande ''Herpesvirus aotus 3''. Rodents also have viruses previously called cytomegaloviruses that are now reclassified under the genus ''[[Muromegalovirus]]''; this genus contains ''Mouse cytomegalovirus'' (MCMV) is also known as [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_004065 ''Murid herpesvirus 1'' (MuHV-1)] and the closely related ''Murid herpesvirus 2'' (MuHV-2) that is found in [[rat]]s. In addition, there many other viral species with the name ''Cytomegalovirus'' identified in distinct mammals that are as yet [http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/342596 not completely classified]; these were predominantly isolated from [[primate]]s and [[rodent]]s.
