[1] Human, pig, wild boar, sheep, cow, camel, monkey, some rodents, bats and chickens serve as natural hosts.

A species — Crustacea hepe-like virus 1, has been isolated from a prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii).

[4] Viruses in the family Hepeviridae are non-enveloped, with icosahedral and spherical geometries, and T=1 symmetry.

This suggests that a recombination event at some point in the past between at least two distinct viruses gave rise to the ancestor of this family.

Human, pig, wild boar, monkey, cow, sheep, camel some rodents, bat and chicken serve as the natural host.