birdboybowley
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Does anyone know which bats are in the famous bat cave at Khao Yai NP, Thailand. Can't find any onfo online about this
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Khao Yai bat cave species? (1 Viewer)
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Mike Richardson
Formerly known as Skink1978
Yes, they are Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bats (Chaerephon pilcata) and what an awesome sight they are.
birdboybowley
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Cheers Mike - what other species are in there? We saw the Freetails but there were alot of bigger, slower flying bats too......?
Mike Richardson
Formerly known as Skink1978
Not sure about the others, but the biggest number (over a million?) are the free-tails. I don't remember seeing any other species but it was nearly a decade ago when I last saw them.
birdboybowley
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Was there in '04, so not far off for me either Mike! Just has always bugged me.....and can't find any info - other than the freetails - about which bats inhabit the caves. Odd really, as it such a big tourist venue.
Chlidonias
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I *think* there are a lot of naked bats in there as well (I'm pretty sure I read that on mammalwatching at some point), so it might be them because they're relatively large and slow-flying
Scratch that -- I just checked and their range doesn't go that far north!!
Scratch that -- I just checked and their range doesn't go that far north!!
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Mike Richardson
Formerly known as Skink1978
Just reading old Thai trip reports on mammalwatching and according to Stefan Lithner's report Black-bearded Tomb Bat and Theobald´s Tomb Bat are also found in the caves.
See bottom of
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Oriental/orientthailand.html
See bottom of
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Oriental/orientthailand.html
birdboybowley
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Blimey - cheers for remembering this thread Mike 
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Chlidonias
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when were you in Thailand? That's where I am now.
jogresh
Bimble and patch
And smell! Amazing blast of ammonia.
I got bitten by one there when i removed one which had landed on a young woman in our group. Thought nothing of it til someone casually mentioned they knew someone who'd died of rabies.. cue rabies jabs.
jurek
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To answer myself. For the benefit of future visitors, the first three bats are probably Intermediate Horseshoe Bats Rhinolophus affinis, the next two Malayan Horseshoe Bats Rhinolophus malayanus, then is possible Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis muricola, although I am not completely sure even of a genus. Flying ones are likely Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bats Chaerephon plicatus.
I freely admit I am not a bat expert, and would be happy for a correction, even long time from now.
I freely admit I am not a bat expert, and would be happy for a correction, even long time from now.
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