Kudum Cave

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An estimated up to 7 or 8 m high cave in unspecified rock is the home of bats (Chiroptera). SITUATION 1: Not seen: KHAN, M A R (2001): Status and distribution of bats in Bangladesh with notes on their ecology.- Zoos' Print Journal 16 (5): 479-483). SITUATION 2: In the Whyk-eong Forest (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 table, item 13) or Whykeong Reserve Forest of the Cox Bazar Forest Division, Chittagong (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 text). SITUATION 4 (SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU 2005: 5): Kudum Cave, Whykeong Forest Office (21°06' N & 92°11' E). SITUATION 5: Whykeong (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 text; SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU (2005: 5) or Whyk-eong (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 table) is probably indicated as Whaikhyang (deserted) near N21°05'30”: E092°10' on AMS sheet NF46-10 Cox's Bazar (U502 series, 1960 edition) in the southernmost corner of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and about 15 km in a direct line approximately south-east of the town of Inani in the narrow strip of land which separats the shore of the Bay of Bengal from the course of the Nap River and which and culminates at elevations of 135 feet (41.2 m asl), 173 feet (52.7 m asl), and 189 feet (57.6 m asl). CAVE LIFE - Bats (Chiroptera): Not seen: KHAN, M A R (2001) is said (SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU 2005: 5) to report the occurrence the Fulveous Fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaultii Desmarest 1820) from Kudum Cave, Whykeong Forest Office (21°06' N & 92°11' E). Large eared horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus microtis) [note 1] was recorded … Colonial bats [suffered much from being] firstly reported from a cave in the Whykeong Reserve Forest of the Cox Bazar Forest Division, Chittagong, during field survey in 1996. There were at least 300 bats in the colony. Bats were found clinging to the wall about 7-8 m from the cave base. The bats were sensitive to light. Some bats were collected for species confirmation [sledge hammer method?] and all died within 15 to 18 hours of trapping. They were preserved in the museum, Deparment of Zoology, Dhaka University (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 text).Species name: Large eared horse shoe bat; Scientific name: R.. microtus; Relative abundance: Localised; National status: vulnerable; Global staus: —; Distribution: Whyk-eong: cave; Habitat: forest; Remark: Sarkar 2000 (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 table, item 13). SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU (2005: 5): SARKAR & SARKAR (2005) report the Big-eared Hors-shoe bat (Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth 1844) from Kudum Cave, Whykeong Forest Office (21°06' N & 92°11' E).ment of Zoology, Dhaka University (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 text).Species name: Large eared horse shoe bat; Scientific name: R.. microtus; Relative abundance: Localised; National status: vulnerable; Global staus: —; Distribution: Whyk-eong: cave; Habitat: forest; Remark: Sarkar 2000 (SARKAR & SARKAR 2005: 19 table, item 13). SRINIVASULU & SRINIVASULU (2005: 5): SARKAR & SARKAR (2005) report the Big-eared Hors-shoe bat (Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth 1844) from Kudum Cave, Whykeong Forest Office (21°06' N & 92°11' E).