By genomic analysis of lineage C betacoronaviruses, MERS-CoV derived from camels show high similarities to human MERS-CoV with>99.5% nt identities, confirming that the human and camels isolates belong to the same coronaviruses species. Bat HKU4, HKU5, NeoCoV and SC2013, shared 69.8, 70, 85.6, and 75.6%, respectively.