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. 2010 Jan 5;6(4):522–539. doi: 10.1007/s10393-009-0263-8

Table 1.

Bats with Available Population Genetic Structure and Viral Richness Data

Family Genus Species IUCNa Migratory Rangeb Colony size Global FST No. of publications No. of viruses FST references Virus references
Vespertilionidae Antrozous pallidus LC Y C 60 0.244 175 1 (Weyandt and Van Den Bussche, 2007) (Burns et al., 1956)
Phyllostomidae Artibeus jamaicensis LC N I 10 0.013 271 4 (Ortega et al., 2003; Carstens et al., 2004) (Downs et al., 1963; Calisher et al., 1971; Price and Everard, 1977; Aguilar-Setien et al., 2008)
Vespertilionidae Corynorhinus townsendii LC N C 50 0.081 50 1 (Piaggio and Perkins, 2005), [Piaggio, personal communication] (Blanton et al., 2007)
Pteropodidae Cynopterus brachyotis LC N I 8 0.074 105 5 (Peterson and Heaney, 1993; Heaney et al., 2005; Campbell et al., 2006) (Salaun et al., 1974; Johara et al., 2001; Calisher et al., 2006)
Pteropodidae Cynopterus sphinx LC N C 36 0.164 180 3 (Storz et al., 2001; Campbell et al. 2006) (Pavri and Singh, 1968; Kelkar et al., 1981; Reynes et al., 2004)
Phyllostomidae Desmodus rotundus LC N C 60 0.468 400 2 (Wilkinson, 1985; Martins et al., 2007) (Burns et al., 1956; Correa-Giron et al., 1972; Seymour et al., 1978)
Pteropodidae Eidolon helvum NT Y C 500,000 0.153 142 5 (Juste et al., 2000) (Kemp et al., 1988; Hayman et al., 2008; Kuzmin et al., 2008; Markotter et al., 2008; Razafindratsimandresy et al., 2009; Tong et al., 2009)
Pteropodidae Eonycteris spelaea LC N I 5000 0.120 71 4 (Maharadatunkamsi et al. 2003) (Johara et al., 2001; Lumlertdacha et al., 2005; Calisher et al., 2006)
Vespertilionidae Eptesicus fuscus LC N C 50 0.464 841 5 (Turmelle, 2002), [Turmelle, personal communication] (Constantine, 1970; Trimarchi and Debbie, 1977; CDC, 2000; Dominguez et al., 2007)
Pteropodidae Macroglossus minimus LC N I 1 0.105 36 1 (Heaney et al., 2005) (Calisher et al., 2006)
Vespertilionidae Miniopterus schreibersii NT Y C 5000 0.620 251 6 (Miller-Butterworth et al., 2003) (Sulkin et al., 1970; Serra-Cobo et al., 2002; Botvinkin et al., 2003; Poon et al., 2005; Konstantinov et al., 2006; Markotter et al., 2008)
Vespertilionidae Myotis daubentonii LC N C 100 0.017 306 2 (Ngamprasertwong et al., 2008) (Whitby et al., 2000; Gloza-Rausch et al., 2008)
Vespertilionidae Myotis myotis LC N C 5000 0.310 753 3 (Castella et al., 2000, 2001; Ruedi and Castella, 2003; Ruedi et al., 2008) (Serra-Cobo et al., 2002; Amengual et al., 2007; Wibbelt et al., 2007)
Vespertilionidae Myotis nattereri LC N C 275 0.017 367 4 (Rivers et al., 2005) (Serra-Cobo et al., 2002; Wibbelt et al., 2007)
Vespertilionidae Myotis septentrionalis LC N C 30 0.002 129 1 (Arnold, 2007) (Blanton et al., 2007)
Vespertilionidae Nyctalus noctula LC Y C 100 0.020 574 5 (Petit and Mayer, 1999) (L’vov et al., 1973, 1979; Muller et al., 2004; Wibbelt et al., 2007)
Phyllostomidae Phyllostomus hastatus LC N C 55 0.031 131 1 (McCracken and Bradbury, 1981) (Constantine, 1970)
Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus pipistrellus LC Y C 50 0.044 715 5 (Racey et al., 2007) (Muller et al., 2004; Calisher et al., 2006; Cui et al., 2007; Wibbelt et al., 2007)
Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus pygmaeus LC Y I 250 0.024 130 1 (Racey et al., 2007) (Gloza-Rausch et al., 2008)
Vespertilionidae Plecotus auritus LC N C 50 0.019 568 2 (Burland et al., 1999) (Muller et al., 2004; Wibbelt et al., 2007)
Pteropodidae Pteropus alecto LC Y C 5000 0.023 86 4 (Webb and Tidemann, 1996) (Fraser et al., 1996; Halpin et al., 1996; Speare et al., 1997; Philbey et al., 1998; Halpin et al., 2000, 2007)
Pteropodidae Pteropus hypomelanus LC N I 250 0.882 48 4 (Olival, 2008) (Chua et al., 2001, 2002; Johara et al., 2001; Arguin et al., 2002; Pritchard et al., 2006)
Pteropodidae Pteropus poliocephalus NT* Y C 25,000 0.014 175 4 (Webb and Tidemann, 1996) (Gard and Marshall, 1973; Halpin et al., 1996, 2000; Philbey et al., 1998; Barrett et al., 2005)
Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus LC Y C 200,000 0.028 92 2 (Sinclair et al., 1996) (Halpin et al., 1996; Speare et al., 1997)
Pteropodidae Pteropus vampyrus NT Y I 5000 −0.006 58 1 (Olival, 2008) (Johara et al., 2001)
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus ferrumequinum LC N C 125 0.102 735 4 (Rossiter et al., 2000) (Kim et al., 1994; Serra-Cobo et al., 2002; Li et al., 2005; Calisher et al., 2006; Cui et al., 2007; Shi and Hu, 2008)
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pusillus LC N C 1000 0.088 110 2 (Yoshino et al., 2008) (Sulkin et al., 1970; Iwasaki et al., 2004)
Pteropodidae Rousettus aegyptiacus LC N C 5000 0.493 249 8 (Juste et al., 1996) (Kalunda et al., 1986; Wellenberg et al., 2002; Calisher et al., 2006; McKnight et al., 2006; Rector et al., 2006; Muller et al., 2007; Swanepoel et al., 2007; Towner et al., 2007; Markotter et al., 2008)
Pteropodidae Rousettus amplexicaudatus LC N I 2000 0.100 47 1 (Heaney et al., 2005) (Arguin et al., 2002)
Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii LC N I 500 0.070 23 4 (Hisheh et al., 2004) (Johara et al., 2001; Arguin et al., 2002; Reynes et al., 2004; Calisher et al., 2006; Cui et al., 2007)
Molossidae Tadarida brasiliensis LC Y C 500,000 0.070 412 3 (McCracken and Gassel, 1997; Russell et al., 2005) (Enright et al., 1955; Burns et al., 1956; Burns and Farinacci 1956; Constantine and Woodall, 1964; Sulkin et al., 1966)
Phyllostomidae Uroderma bilobatum LC N C 30 0.010 47 1 (Meyer et al., 2009) (Seymour et al., 1978)
Vespertilionidae Vespertilio murinus LC Y C 100 0.071 229 1 (Safi et al., 2007) (Hutson, 2004)

aIUCN status is least concern (LC) or near-threatened/vulnerable (NT) (*Pteropus poliocephalus is listed as vulnerable)

bRange distribution is continental (C) or island (I)