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Other animals, such as anteaters and opossums, also have been infected.

For good measure, they also threw in a coronavirus found in a scaly anteater known as a pangolin.

Researchers have documented that the virus can infect 51 species, including apes and monkeys, and other animals including anteaters, porcupines and opossums.

The team compared these with samples from living sloths, anteaters and other modern omnivores.