50. Blasius’s Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: R. b. blasii Peters, 1866 .

Distribution: Rare; confined to wooded mountains of both western and coastal regions. (Fig. 57)

Previous records: Aleppo (von Wettstein 1913), Latakia and Jeiroud (Benda et al. 2006).