60. Lesser Myotis, Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: M. b. omari Thomas, 1906 .

Distribution: Uncommon; confined to the wooded mountainous and coastal regions of the west (Fig. 67).

Previous records: Aleppo and Camp Faouar (Spitzenberger 1979), Qal’at Al-Hosson (Harrison & Lewis 1961; Nadachowski et al. 1990), Latakia, Qal’at Salah ad-Din, Qal’at Al-Marqab, Jeiroud, Qal’at Al-Hosson, and Mount Hermon (Benda et al. 2006), Qal’at Al-Hosson (Shehab et al. 2007), and Al-Dawwar Cave (Al-Ramadan et al. 2020).