55. Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat, Rhinopoma cystops Thomas, 1903

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: R. c. arabium Thomas, 1913 .

Distribution: Uncommon; restricted to the Jordan Valley and the slopes above the Lake Galilee and of the Mount Hermon. (Fig. 62)

Previous records: Nahal Gilbon (Shalmon 1990) and Qal’at Al-Nimrud (Benda et al. 2006).