Published March 20, 2026
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Dataset
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ICTV Master Species List (MSL)
Authors/Creators
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Description
The Master Species List (MSL) provides access to the official virus taxonomy approved by the ICTV. A new MSL will be uploaded whenever a new, revised taxonomy is ratified by the ICTV membership. These Master Species Lists (MSL) provide the complete ICTV taxonomy as a downloadable spreadsheet.
The new, 2025 ICTV taxonomy is now available through our taxonomy browser at https://ictv.global/taxonomy. This new version of Master Species List #41 is also available for download as an Excel Spreadsheet.
MSL41 contains taxonomic changes approved by the ICTV Executive Committee in August, 2025 and ratified by the ICTV Membership in February 2026.
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Additional details
Funding
- National Institutes of Health
- Virus Taxonomy: A Community Knowledgebase Supporting Virus Research 5U24AI162625-03