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Exploring Caves: Cave Animals

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Trogloxenes

The word TROGLO means hole. Trogloxenes are animals who sometimes choose caves as their homes. See examples below:

Little Brown Bat
Packrat
Raccoon

Troglophiles

Trogolophiles are animals who like to live in caves but also can live elsewhere. Some examples are shown below:

Adult Cave Salamander
Blind Cave Beetle
Camel Backed Cave Cricket
Harvestman (or "Daddy Longlegs")

Troglobites

Troglobites are animals who only live in caves. They can't survive anywhere else. Below are some examples:

Blind Crayfish
Blind Flatworm
Blind Millipede
Blind Shrimp
Blind Texas Salamander
Copepod

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