PBDB Collection

Trout Cave No. 2 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Pendleton County, West Virginia (38.7° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 79.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: K. S. Pfaff. 1990. Irvingtonian Microtus, Pedomys, and Pitymys (Mammalia, Rodenlia, Cri- cetidae) from Trout Cave No. 2, West Virginia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 59(2):105-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20555: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Margaret Shalap

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Parascalopis breweri, Ochotone sp., Cenis latrans Parascalopis breweri Ochotone sp. Cenis latrans
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis sp., Plecotus sp., Eptesicus fuscus, Pipistrellus cf. subflavus Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat Pipistrellus cf. subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neotoma sp., "Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana, Neotoma spelaea, Synaptomys cooperi, Phenacomys sp., Microtus paroperarius, "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Ondatra sp., Peromyscus cumberlandensis, "Atopomys salvelinus" = Atopomys texensis, Neofiber leonardi Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat "Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Neotoma spelaea Gidley and Gazin 1933 pack rat Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944 vole Pitymys cumberlandensis van der Meulen 1978 vole Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967 deer mouse "Atopomys salvelinus" = Atopomys texensis Patton 1965 mouse Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 mouse
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Zapus hudsonius Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor sp. Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys (Plesiothomomys) sp. Thomomys (Plesiothomomys) sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Glaucomys cf. volans, Sciurus carolinensus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Marmota monax, Tamias striatus Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel Sciurus carolinensus squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	cf. Odocoileus sp. cf. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Mylohyus sp., Platygonus indet. Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary Platygonus indet. Leconte 1848 peccary
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon lotor Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Mustela cf. frenata" = Neogale frenata, Mustela nivalis "Mustela cf. frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Sorex sp., Sorex cf. fumeus, Sorex cinereus, Blarina brevicauda, Cryptotis pava Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew Cryptotis pava small-eared shrew