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Do some animals get rabies more often?

I have read of both raccoons and bats getting rabies a lot. Is there something that makes them more likely to contract rabies? And if so why?
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It’s a combination of ecology and virus adaptation. Bats (especially) and raccoons tend to interact more with their own species than with other species. That means that if a bat gets rabies, it’s much more likely to pass it on to another bat.

If it does happen to bite another species, then the other half of the story kicks in. Because bat rabies viruses are the outcome of generations that cycled through  bats, they’re more adapted to that species. They can still infect a wide range of other species, but they are more efficient for the one they’re used to.