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Apart from accidentals that fall or are washed into caves, and rarely survive for long there, there are two categories.

1) Creatures like bats who roost, hibernate or nurse their young in caves but feed outside. Others find cave entrance areas pleasant shelter for safety or for habitat reasons.

2) Full cave-dwellers, living their entire lives underground, and generally unable to survive outside. Most are invertebrates but it includes some species of salamander and fish.

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