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Biospeleologist James R. Reddell
of the Texas Memorial Museum
enters a cave for study.
Biospeleology
is the study of cave biology
and its many aspects,
such
as ecology,
taxonomy, biogeography,
genetics, evolution, behavior,
microbiology,
environmental studies,
and others. (© William R. Elliott) |
A Myotis velifer incautus
bat, known as the "cave myotis" or "Mexican brown
bat;" River Styx Cave, Northwest Texas. This species is beneficial
to humans,
eating many small pest insects during their nightly flights. Found in many
Texas caves, their colonies number from a few up to 20,000. This species
has
been of many caves by vandals.
(©
William R. Elliott). |
