70. Kuhl’s Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii (Natterer, 1817)

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: P. k. lepidus Blyth, 1845 .

Distribution: Abundant, occurs in rural and urban habitats across the country, including human settlements (Fig. 77).

Previous records:Al-Mayadin and ar-Raqqa (von Wettstein 1913), Jeiroud (Trouessart & Kollmann 1923), Damascus (Harrison 1964), Qal’at er-Rahba and Qal’at Al-Madiq (Kock & Nader 1983), as-Sabkha (Ebenau 1993), Kasret Muhammed Ali and Katir Magara (Ebenau 1996), er-Rasafah, Katir Magara, es-Salihiyyeh, Kasret Muhammed Ali, el-Ukersheh, and ar-Raqqa, (Shehab et al. 2004), Mari, Tell Sheikh Hamad, and er-Rasafah (Obuch & Krištin 2004), Latakia, Al-Bas’ah, es-Salihiyyeh, Damascus, Qal’at Al-Madiq, Kasret Muhammed Ali, Al-Musairifah, Qasr Ibn Wardan, er-Rasafah, Qal’at Al-Hosson, Qatura, Qantara, Ras Al-Baseet, 12 km southeast of ar-Raqqa, Qal’at Ja’abar, Banias, ar-Rawda near Rabi’ah, Jabla, 10 km north of Jabla, Qal’at Salah ad-Din, Ayyash, Halabiyyeh, Mari, Qal’at er-Rahba, Sbeikhan, Tell Sheikh Hamad, Busra, at-Tawani, Yabroud, Aleppo, Wadi ar Ratgah, Al-Marashdeh, Zalabiyyeh, Tell Shhab, Harasta, Ain Diwar, Najmouk, Bab Al-Hawa, Sweida Dam, Camp Faour, Khad Nes, Kursi, Ya’ar Oden forest, Qal’at Najim, Hamah, Qal’at Sheizar, Al-Hasaka, Khazneh, Qal’at Sukkara, Qattinah, Palmyra, Qal’at Al-Marqab, Safita (Benda et al. 2004c, 2006), Ain Thakar, Qasr Sallum, Deir Dejle, Fekhaykha, Ain Jum’aa, Halabiyyeh, Al-Misrab, es-Salihiyyeh, Serghaya, Qal’at Najim, Musyaf, Heymu, Tell Beydar, Jub Al-Ghar, and er- Rasafah (Shehab et al. 2007), Jabal Abd Al-Aziz (Daoud & Khalil 2009c), and Ash-Sheikh Badr and Sukkarah (Al-Ramadan et al. 2020).

Recent records: Mashqita, Hanadi, Wadi Qandil, Kabajep, Laftaya, Al-Mazzeh (Damascus), Jaramana and Deir ez-Zor (2020–2023).