SHRIEH, Chiehruphi (Thloo)
25.204700,92.376400
Description
An about 4 m wide and 12 m high cave entrance gives access to a canyon passage which leads to a perched block above a pot, pitch or shaft (4 m by 10 m wide, 8 m deep). Water flows under the block and sinks into an impenetrable continuation (fissure) in the floor. ETYMOLOGY: The Synteng Khasi (Pnar) cave name "Thlu Shrieh" translates either as "Jackanapes Hole" (note 1) or as "Monkey Hole" (note 2). SITUATION: In an unidentified setting and at an unspecified location somewhere near Chiehruphi (Brooks, S J 1999.02.21 personal communication). The reccorded GPS position (25°12'17”N: 92°22'35”E Brooks S J 1998.02.25 GPS Garmin 12) indicates on Google maps (accessed 2015.05.11) a vegetation-clad and more than 30 m wide closed depression in the wilderness ajacent north of the industrial area covered the Meghalaya Cement Limited.APPROACH 1998: To reach the entrance to this cave, walk through to what had been in spring 1998 a "ram" (jungle cleared for cultivation) to gain "ka brisoh" (lit. fruit grove; a orange grove, plantation of Citrus reticulate) into a forest area with a wide depression (circa 150 by 80 m wide) where two small streams sink underground. Descending one of the streams for about 20 vertical metres to where the water enters the cave entrance (Brooks, S J 1999.02.21 personal communication). PROSPECTS: Brooks, S J (1999.02.21 personal communication) noticed the obvious existence of »No other way on.«CAVE LIFE: On 25th February 1998, this cave contained during daytime a number (no value mentioned) of bats (Chiroptera).
NOTE 1: u shrieh (Khasi, noun), also: u shrih (GURDON, P R T 1906: 52), a monkey (SINGH, N 1906: 199 ; GURDON, P R T 1906: 217; SINGH, N 1920: 326 ; BECKER 1927: 380 note 1); BLAH, E 2007: 192); ape (SINGH, N 1906: 199); jackanapes (SINGH, N 1920: 275). NOTE 2: Arun SRIVASTAVA (2006: Conservation of threatened primates of North-East India.- Primate Conservation ISSN 0898-6207, no. 20: 79-87) reports to have sighted between 1994 and 2001 in North-East India nine primate species while surveying about 650'000 ha (6'500 square kilometres) of protected, reserved and unclassified forests in Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland and Assam: Hoolook gibbons (hoolook hoolook; formerly in the genus Hylobates, and briefly in the genus Bunopithecus MOOTNICK & GROVES 2005), golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus), Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis), northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina), rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), and Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis). In the past there have been reports (*) of silvered leaf monkey (T. tristaus), Tibetan macaque (M. thibetanus), and golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellanae) but detailed survey (SRIVASTAVA 2006) indicated that these reports were either based on indirect observations or misidentification. Several forms are reported by subspecies, as in the case of Assamese macaque, where the western and eastern subspecies are genetically distinct as different species of macaques (HOELZER, G A & MELNICK, D J 1996). Though recorded earlier, Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) were not encountered in the areas surveyed. * CHOUDHURY, A U (1988): Priority ratings for conservation of Indian primates.- Oryx 22: 89–94. HOELZER, G A & MELNICK, D J (1996): Evolutionary relationships of the macaques.- in: FA, J E & LINDBURG, D G (1996, editors): Evolution and ecology of Macaque societies.- (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), pp.3–19. MOOTNICK, A R & GROVES, C P (2005): A new generic name for the Hoolock gibbon (Hylobatidae). Int. Journal of Primatology 26(4): 972–976. ROONWAL, M L & MOHNOT, S M (1977): Primates of South Asia: Ecology, Sociobiology, and Behavior (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press).
Histoire
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1998.02.25 Simon J. Brooks, Lieut.-Col. Fairweather W. Mylliemngap and Andrew "Andy" Peter Tyler visited and entered, looked around, explored, photographed and eventually surveyed even before exiting.
Cavités proche
| Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | SARANG, Chiehruphi (Krem) | ||
| 0.4 | WAH WAHLIEH (Krem) | ||
| 0.5 | MAHABON, Chiehruphi, 3rd (Krem) | ||
| 0.5 | MAHABON, Chiehruphi, 4th (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | MAHABON, Chiehruphi, 2nd, entrance a (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | MAHABON, Chiehruphi, 2nd, entrance b (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | MAHABON, Chiehruphi, 1st (Krem) | ||
| 0.6 | CITRUS CAVE (aa -) | ||
| 0.6 | UMKHLAW, Chiehruphi (Krem) |