Holston Vista Cave (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Virginia (36.8° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Primary reference: R. Eshelman and F. Grady. 1986. Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Publication 75:43-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 104672: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus sp., Eptesicus fuscus, Myotis keeni, Myotis sp., Myotis cf. lucifugus
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Myotis keeni vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis cf. lucifugus Le Conte 1831 vesper bat
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp.
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon cf. lotor
Procyon cf. lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Microsorex hoyi, Sorex sp., Sorex dispar, Sorex fumeus, Sorex palustris, Sorex cinereus, Sorex arcticus
Microsorex hoyi Baird 1858 American pygmy shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex dispar Batchelder 1896 long-tailed shrew
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet., Lepus sp.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sp.
Zapus sp. Coues 1876 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys cooperi, Peromyscus cf. leucopus, Neotoma floridana, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis, Clethrionomys gapperi, Phenacomys sp., Microtus zanthognathus, Microtus sp., Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pennsylvanicus
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Peromyscus cf. leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp., Marmota monax, Spermophilus sp., Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Tamias cf. striatus, Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys cf. volans
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel