Table 3.
List of bat species advertised from listings retrieved from eBay Australia, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, UK, USA between 11th and 25th of May 2020.
| Advertised species in listing | na | Confirmed taxa | IUCN categoryb | CITES listing | Roost type | Defo | Hunt | Dist | Mine | Chem | Fire | Pers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pteropodidae | ||||||||||||
| Cynopterus brachyotis | 7 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | X | ||||||
| Cynopterus minutus | 17 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | |||||||
| Cynopterus sphinx | 12 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | X | X | |||||
| Eidolon helvumc | 6 | Not confirmed | NT | – | Veg | X | X | |||||
| Eonycteris spelaea | 18 | Species | LC | – | Cave | X | X | |||||
| Hypsignathus monstrosusc | 7 | Species | LC | – | Veg | X | X | |||||
| Macroglossus minimus | 5 | Species | LC | – | Veg | |||||||
| Micropteropus pusillusc | 1 | Not confirmed | LC | – | Veg | X | X | |||||
| Nanonycteris veldkampiic | 1 | Not confirmed | LC | – | Veg | |||||||
| Pteropus sp. | 2 | Genus | CE to DD | Appendix II | Veg | |||||||
| Rousettus leschenaultii | 22 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | X | X | X | ||||
| Emballonuridae | ||||||||||||
| Taphozous melanopogon | 1 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | X | X | X | X | |||
| Megadermatidae | ||||||||||||
| Megaderma spasma | 2 | Species | LC | – | Cave | X | X | X | X | |||
| Nycteridae | ||||||||||||
| Nycteris javanica | 4 | Species | VU | – | Cave, veg | X | ||||||
| Hipposideridae | ||||||||||||
| Hipposideros bicolor | 3 | Species | LC | – | Cave | X | X | |||||
| Hipposideros diadema | 22 | Species | LC | – | Cave | X | X | X | ||||
| Hipposideros larvatus | 6 | Species | LC | – | Cave | X | X | |||||
| Hipposideros madurae | 2 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | X | X | X | ||||
| Rhinolophidae | ||||||||||||
| Rhinolophus acuminatus | 1 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | X | ||||||
| Rhinolophus lepidus | 5 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | |||||||
| Rhinolophus luctus | 2 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | X | X | |||||
| Vespertilionidae | ||||||||||||
| Kerivoula pellucida | 2 | Species | LC | – | Veg | X | X | X | ||||
| Kerivoula picta | 18 | Species | LC | – | Veg | X | X | X | ||||
| Pipistrellus javanicus | 7 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | X | X | |||||
| Pipistrellus kuhlii | 6 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | X | ||||||
| Pipistrellus imbricatus | 6 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | |||||||
| Scotophilus kuhlii | 10 | Species | LC | – | Veg | X | ||||||
| Tylonycteris pachypus | 10 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | X | X | X | ||||
| Tylonycteris robustula | 1 | Genus | LC | – | Veg | X | X | X | ||||
| Miniopteridae | ||||||||||||
| Miniopterus medius | 9 | Genus | LC | – | Cave | X | X | X | ||||
| Miniopterus shortridgei | 1 | Genus | DD | – | Cave | |||||||
| Molossidae | ||||||||||||
| Otomops formosus | 5 | Genus | DD | – | Veg |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (2020) categories; CE, Critically Endangered; VU, Vulnerable; NT, Near Threatened; LC, Least Concern; DD, Data Deficient. Roost type; veg, vegetation. Threats to species; Defo, deforestation following logging and agriculture; Hunt, hunting for food and medicines; Dist, disturbance at roosts for a variety of reasons; Mine, includes mining and quarrying for road base; Chem, chemicals used in agriculture; Fire, fire associated with practices such as agriculture; Pers, persecution.
Number of listings for each taxon. Note that a given listing may include more than one bat species.
These classifications are based on the advertised species.
Originating from Africa.