THERKUMULAI
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Description
What either consists of an unused building or a wide mouthed, spacious cave with dark narrow chambers in unspecified rock, which may represent laterite or marble (note 1) in the forest interior (note 2) reports VANITHARANI (2005a: 7) as a habitat of the rare Salim Ali's fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Latidens salimalii Thonglongya 1972). SITUATION: Somewhere inside the Therkumulai Estate in the Courtallam Hills (note 3) and adjacent to a riverbed at an elevation above 1000 m asl (note 4). CAVE LIFE: 2002.02.23: One or several full fledged persons representing the Bat Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli collected specimens of Salim Ali's fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Latidens salimalii Thonglongya 1972) from an unspecified habitat at the Therkumulai Estate, Courtallam Hills (VANITHARANI 2005a: 7).What either consists of an unused building or a wide mouthed, spacious cave with dark narrow chambers in unspecified rock, which may represent laterite or marble (note 1) in the forest interior (note 2) reports VANITHARANI (2005a: 7) as a habitat of the rare Salim Ali's fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Latidens salimalii Thonglongya 1972). SITUATION: Somewhere inside the Therkumulai Estate in the Courtallam Hills (note 3) and adjacent to a riverbed at an elevation above 1000 m asl (note 4). CAVE LIFE: 2002.02.23: One or several full fledged persons representing the Bat Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli collected specimens of Salim Ali's fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Latidens salimalii Thonglongya 1972) from an unspecified habitat at the Therkumulai Estate, Courtallam Hills (VANITHARANI 2005a: 7).
Histoire
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2002.02.23: One or several full fledged persons representing the Bat Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli collected specimens of Salim Ali's fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Latidens salimalii Thonglongya 1972) from an unspecified habitat at the Therkumulai Estate, Courtallam Hills (VANITHARANI 2005a: 7).
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | PARADESI PUDAI | ||
14.8 | ARIANKAVU | ||
18.3 | CHENDURNI CAVE | ||
30.2 | VELLIMALAI, Kalakad - Mundanthurai (Caves at) | ||
30.2 | JAMBULINGAM KUGHAI | ||
30.2 | NAGAPOTHIGAI CAVE | ||
30.2 | AMBALAM CAVE | ||
30.2 | PEEDAM CAVE | ||
30.2 | VUDUMBUKAL CAVE |