Although Huanan Market is known as a seafood market,[15] it was primarily known for the sale of bushmeat (ye wei in Chinese) and other exotic animals due to the demand for such animals for consumption.[2][15] A sales notice posted by one vendor on the popular Chinese review site 'Dazhong Dianping' listed prices for 112 items including a number of wild animals.[16][4][17] The South China Morning Post reported on 29 January 2020, that the market had a section selling around "120 wildlife animals across 75 species".[18]