57. Naked-rumped Tomb Bat, Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: T. n. magnus Wettstein, 1913 .

Distribution: Common in rocky caverns and human settlements along the Euphrates Valley and in rocky caverns and hills of Mesopotamia (Fig. 64).

Previous records: Euphrates Valley (Dobson 1878) [most probably the upper part of the valley in Syria, see Benda et al. (2006)], Kasret Muhammed Ali (Ebenau 1996), Katir Magara (Sachanowicz et al. 1999), Katir Magara, Halabiyyeh and Kasret Muhammed Ali (Shehab et al. 2004), es-Salihiyyeh, Ayyash, Halabiyyeh, Qal’at er-Rahba, Zalabiyyeh, Khazneh, ar- Rasafah, (Benda et al. 2006),Ain Jum’aa, Qal’at er-Rahba, es-Salihiyyeh, and el- Ukersheh (Shehab et al. 2007).