Shillong, April 6 -- Scientists have found evidence of various terrestrial mammalian species in Meghalaya's caves, according to records logged over three decades of exploration.
The landmark study, one of its kind in India in terms of scope, was published in a recent issue of the British cave journal Cave and Karst Science.
The study analyses over 120 mammalian records-including live animals, nests, prints, and skeletal material-obtained from 80 separate caves in Meghalaya between 1992 and 2025.
The study was conducted by Uttam Saikia of the Zoological Survey of India, Shillong; Dan Harries from the Grampian Speleological Group, Edinburgh; Manuel Ruedi from the Natural History Museum of Geneva; Thomas Arbenz from the Swiss Institute of S...