In July 2017, an investigation into the cause of neurological signs in a black flying fox ( Pteropus alecto , family Pteropodidae ) identified a putative novel hantavirus (Robina virus, ROBV, order Bunyavirales , family Hantaviridae , genus Mobatvirus ) in its brain. Analysis of the evolutionary relationship between other hantaviruses using maximum-likelihood, a systematic Bayesian clustering approach, and a minimum spanning t...