Checklist of Mammals of Syria Aidek, Ahmad E. Ibrahim, Amir Amr, Zuhair Hutterer, Rainer Kryštufek, Boris Serra, Gianluca Benda, Petr Shkaky, Yesra Barbanera, Filippo Al-Sheikhly, Omar F. Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-30 5580 1 1 130 8LZKY (Borkhausen, 1797) Borkhausen 1797 [390,790,1086,1113] Mammalia Vespertilionidae Myotis Animalia Chiroptera 71 72 Chordata species myotis  (IUCN Red List: LC)  Subspecies:  M. m. macrocephalicus Harrison & Lewis, 1961.  Distribution: Rare; confined to the mountainous terrains along the coastal region, at Aleppo, and into the southwest of the country. ( Fig. 71) Previous records: Qal’at Al-Hosson ( Harrison & Lewis 1961; Nadachowski et al. 1990), Aleppo( Spitzenberger 1996), Latakia, Qal’at al-Hosson, Qal’at Al-Marqab, and Mount Hermon ( Benda et al. 2006), Hamama and Qal’at Al-Madiq ( Shehab et al. 2007), and Al-Dawwar Cave ( Al-Ramadan et al. 2020).