TAMAGI CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cliff / cave (ARYAL & DHUNGEL 2009: 12 table 1, site number 12) in an unidentified kind of host rock is said to be the habitat of bats (Chiroptera). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for what ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table 1, site number 11) listed as the bat spotting site Tamagi Village after the name of possibly nearby village. SITUATION: ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table) locate the bat spotting site Tamagi Village at an unidentified spot (unspecified GPS position), which is said to lie somewhere at an altitude between 1450 m and 2517 m asl (averaged 1950 m asl ± 530 m) and in an unidentified spatial relation to the village of Tamagi in the area administered by the V.D.C. (Village Development Committee) of Bhadaure Tamagi (note 1) in the so-called Panchase Forest and region (see: –>Panchase Cave). CAVE LIFE: ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table 1, site number 12) regard the bat spotting site Tamagi as a cliff / cave with a da roost of bats. The thirteen Bat distribution main potential areas listed by ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table 1) are said to share one or several of the seven bat species Asiatic greater house bat Scotophilus heathii, fulvous fruit bat Rousettus leschenaultii, Himalayan whiskered bat Myotis siligorensis, Horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus, Anderson's leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros pomona, Nepalese whiskered bat Myotis muricola, short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx, and Hodgson's bat Myotis formosus (ARYAL & DHUNGEL 2009: 12 table 6: Bat species diversity in Panchase region, Nepal). roost of bats. The thirteen Bat distribution main potential areas listed by ARYAL & DHUNGEL (2009: 12 table 1) are said to share one or several of the seven bat species Asiatic greater house bat Scotophilus heathii, fulvous fruit bat Rousettus leschenaultii, Himalayan whiskered bat Myotis siligorensis, Horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus, Anderson's leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros pomona, Nepalese whiskered bat Myotis muricola, short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx, and Hodgson's bat Myotis formosus (ARYAL & DHUNGEL 2009: 12 table 6: Bat species diversity in Panchase region, Nepal).