Spilaio Neraidospilia

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Kissamos,
Closest Settlement: Sfinari

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Benda et al. 2009
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
• Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Benda et al. 2009
  Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae

Cave references

• Faure, P. 1961. Grottes explorees en 1959 et 1960 en Crete et qui ne figuiraient pas encore dans le bulletin de la societe speleologique de Grece. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 6:12–16.

Species references

• Benda, P., Georgiakakis, P., Dietz, C., Hanak, V., Galanaki, K., Markantonatou, V., Chudarkova, A., Hulva, P. & Horacek, I. 2009. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 7. The bat fauna of Crete, Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72 (3-4): 105-190.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Neraidospilia, Sfinari, Kissamos, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026