Editing Megabat (section)

===Status===
[[File:Pteropus subniger.png|thumb|upright|alt=A black and white illustration of a flying fox from the back with its face in profile. It has a contrasting mantle of lighter fur on the back of its neck.|The [[small Mauritian flying fox]] (''Pteropus subniger''), which was driven to extinction by overhunting<ref name="Pierson 1992"/>]]
As of 2014, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) evaluated a quarter of all megabat species as [[threatened]], which includes species listed as [[critically endangered]], [[endangered species|endangered]], and [[vulnerable species|vulnerable]]. Megabats are substantially threatened by humans, as they are hunted for food and medicinal uses.
Additionally, they are culled for actual or perceived damage to agriculture, especially to fruit production.<ref name="Aziz 2016">{{cite book| last1=Aziz| first1= S. A.| last2= Olival| first2= K. J.| last3= Bumrungsri| first3= S.| last4= Richards| first4= G. C.| last5= Racey| first5= P. A.| year=2016| chapter= The Conflict Between Pteropodid Bats and Fruit Growers: Species, Legislation and Mitigation| editor1-last= Voigt| editor1-first= C.| editor2-last= Kingston| editor2-first= T.|title= Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World| publisher= Springer| isbn=978-3-319-25220-9|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_13 | s2cid= 111056244}}</ref> As of 2019, the IUCN had evaluations for 187 megabat species. The status breakdown is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/search/stats| title=<nowiki>Taxonomy=Pteropodidae</nowiki>| website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|year=2019| access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>
* Extinct: 4 species (2.1%)
* Critically endangered: 8 species (4.3%)
* Endangered: 16 species (8.6%)
* Vulnerable: 37 species (19.8%)
* [[Near-threatened species|Near-threatened]]: 13 species (7.0%)
* [[Least-concern species|Least-concern]]: 89 species (47.6%)
* [[Data deficient]]: 20 species (10.7%)