Cave Animal of the Year

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A cave animal of the year was first proclaimed in 2009 by the Association of German Cave and Karst Researchers (VdHK) to draw the public's attention to the little-known zoological biodiversity in underground habitats.

The selection of the cave animal should show the necessity of researching this little-known habitat as well as the associated endangerment of this special ecosystem .

Previous cave animals of the year

year German name scientific name Illustration
2009 Cave shrimp Niphargus
2009 cave shrimp
2010 Ragged owl Scoliopteryx libatrix
2010 Jagged Owl
2011 Great mouse ear Myotis myotis
2011 Large mouse-eared mouse
2012 Big cave spider Meta menardi
2012 cave wheel web spider
2013 Cave mushroom mosquito Speolepta leptogaster
2014 Cave water louse Proasellus cavaticus
2015 Cellar gloss snail Oxychilus cellarius
2015 cellar gloss snail
2016 Cave long leg Amilenus aurantiacus
2017 Four-spot cave parasitic wasp Diphyus quadripunctorius
2017 four-spot cave parasitic wasp
2018 Black piperfish Tachypodoiulus niger
2018 black piperfish
2019 Common cave mosquito Limonia nubeculosa
2019 Common cave mosquito
2020 Bricklayer Oniscus asellus
2020 Brick Wall

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