Researchers analyzed genetic material gathered from the Chinese market where the first outbreak was detected and found that the most likely animals were racoon dogs, civet cats and bamboo rats.

Sometimes called the civet cat, the palm civet is a small ... Another animal with a raccoon-like face, the raccoon dog has long hair and is related to dogs and foxes. It too featured in the ...

but common Chinese pets and food animals like dogs, cats, sheep and goats remain untested, Klaus Stöhr, director of the World Health Organization's global SARS laboratory network, told The Scientist ...

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got ...