Subspecies and Distribution. O.h.hemprichiiPeters,1859—NAfricainMorocco,Algeria,Tunisia,NNiger,Libya,Egypt,andNSudan,SETurkey,LevantregioninSyria,Lebanon,Israel,Palestine,andJordan,SEIraq(tentatively),andtherestofMesopotamia. O.h.cinereaSatunin,1909—mountainousareasofEArabia(atleastOmanandtheUnitedArabEmirates)andC&SIran. O. h. jin Cheesman & Hinton, 1924 — lowland deserts of C & E Arabia, in Saudi Arabia and (tentatively) Qatar; also SE Iran. in Vespertilionidae

Subspecies and Distribution. O.h.hemprichiiPeters,1859—NAfricainMorocco,Algeria,Tunisia,NNiger,Libya,Egypt,andNSudan,SETurkey,LevantregioninSyria,Lebanon,Israel,Palestine,andJordan,SEIraq(tentatively),andtherestofMesopotamia. O.h.cinereaSatunin,1909—mountainousareasofEArabia(atleastOmanandtheUnitedArabEmirates)andC&SIran. O. h. jin Cheesman & Hinton, 1924 — lowland deserts of C & E Arabia, in Saudi Arabia and (tentatively) Qatar; also SE Iran.Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, pp. 716-981 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 870, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.639775