KALIDAHA

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified Kalidaha (ARYAL & DHUNGEL 2009: 12 table 1, site number 4) in an unidentified kind of host rock on a certain Tuni Khola (note 1) is classied as an unspecified den / cave and habitat of bats (Chiroptera). ETYMOLOGY: The Nepali -kalo- means black, dark, and -daha- is a word for a natural pool or pond. SITUATION: ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table) locate the Tuni Khola Kalidaha at an unidentified spot (unspecified GPS position), which is said to lie somewhere at an altitude between 1450 m and 2517 m asl in the area administered by the V.D.C. (Village Development Committee) of Wangsing 9 or Bangsing (note 2) in Syangja district and in the Panchase Forest and region (see: –>Panchase Cave). CAVE LIFE: ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table 1, site number 1) regard the Tuni Khola Kalidaha as a cave / den with a day roost of bats (note 3).An unspecified Kalidaha (ARYAL & DHUNGEL 2009: 12 table 1, site number 4) in an unidentified kind of host rock on a certain Tuni Khola (note 1) is classied as an unspecified den / cave and habitat of bats (Chiroptera). ETYMOLOGY: The Nepali -kalo- means black, dark, and -daha- is a word for a natural pool or pond. SITUATION: ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table) locate the Tuni Khola Kalidaha at an unidentified spot (unspecified GPS position), which is said to lie somewhere at an altitude between 1450 m and 2517 m asl in the area administered by the V.D.C. (Village Development Committee) of Wangsing 9 or Bangsing (note 2) in Syangja district and in the Panchase Forest and region (see: –>Panchase Cave). CAVE LIFE: ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table 1, site number 1) regard the Tuni Khola Kalidaha as a cave / den with a day roost of bats (note 3).