Program Sponsored by: Ecohealth Alliance

Bat Species by Region

Taphozous nudiventris roosting in a building near Khaburah, Oman (Photo by Andrew Spalton)
Distribution of bat species across the 20 countries of Western Asia.
Spatial data was downloaded from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species website for each of the 96 bat species recorded in the following Western Asian countries: AFG—Afghanistan; ARM—Armenia; AZE—Azerbaijan; BHR—Bahrain; GEO—Georgia; IRN—Iran; IRQ—Iraq; ISR—Israel; JOR—Jordan; KWT—Kuwait; LBN—Lebanon; OMN—Oman; QAT—Qatar; PAK—Pakistan; PSE—Palestine; SAU—Saudi Arabia; SYR—Syria; TUR—Turkey; ARE—United Arab Emirates; YEM—Yemen.