SILUWA BAT CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a kind of cave with edible bats. SITUATION: Unidentified. Apparently above the banks of the Nisti Khola (Central Service Map sheet 47 Palpa, 1989 edition) or Burba Nadi (AMS sheet NG44-04 Tansing, U502 series, 1958 edition), a tributary to the orographically right (locally south) bank of the Kali Gandaki (Kaligandaki River). POSITION: Siluwa V.D.C, Siluwa Bat Cave, N 27°47’08.3”, E 083°48’33.6”, elevation 781 (ADHIKARI, H 2011). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use, food source: The bats in this cave are greatly threatened by the local people as they kill the bat using gun for the source of meat [note 1] (ADHIKARI, H 2011: 15). CAVE LIFE - bats (Chiroptera): The Siluwa Bat Cave is considered a probable site for Rhinolophus sinicus, based on the interview of the local people, and the photo identified by them. … only 5 to 10 individuals wer flying on the top of the cave (>25 m). They were fully confident on Rhinolophus sinicus, when photos of other Rhinolophus species found in Nepal were also shown to them. But the species could not be captured from this cave (ADHIKARI, H 2011: 15). flying on the top of the cave (>25 m). They were fully confident on Rhinolophus sinicus, when photos of other Rhinolophus species found in Nepal were also shown to them. But the species could not be captured from this cave (ADHIKARI, H 2011: 15).