Jimenez Cave (Pleistocene to of Mexico)

Also known as UTEP Locality 91

Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (27.0° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 104.8° W)

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

Environment/lithology: cave

• "extremely fine sand... aeolian or water-deposited"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: surface (float), sieve

Primary reference: H. J. Messing. 1986. A Late Pleistocene-Holocene fauna from Chihuahua, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 31(3):277-288 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 71263: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra americana, Capromeryx sp.
Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus, Puma concolor
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
"Felis concolor"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela nigripes
Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 black-footed ferret
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva, Notiosorex crawfordi
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
 Rodentia - Hesperomyidae
"Baiomys taylori" = Hesperomys taylori
"Baiomys taylori" = Hesperomys taylori Thomas 1887 northern pygmy mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Onychomys sp., Sigmodon sp., Neotoma ? cinerea, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma ? micropus, Neotoma cf. floridana, Neotoma albigula, Reithrodontomys sp., Peromyscus sp., Microtus pennsylvanicus
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Neotoma ? cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat
Neotoma lepida Thomas 1893 desert woodrat
Neotoma ? micropus Baird 1855 southern plains woodrat
Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Neotoma identifications repeated from Harris 1984
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
"R. megalotis or R. montanus"
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys cf. umbrinus, "Pappogeomys castanops" = Cratogeomys castanops
Thomomys cf. umbrinus Richardson 1829 southern pocket gopher
"Pappogeomys castanops" = Cratogeomys castanops Baird 1852 yellow-faced pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp., Dipodomys sp.
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
"D. nelsoni or D. spectabilis"
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus spilosoma, Cynomys sp., "Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel
Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet., Sylvilagus audubonii, Lepus sp.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
said to be a new genus also present at Dry Cave and Anthony Cave
Sylvilagus audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail
originally entered as "Sylvilagus audobonii"
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Antrozous pallidus, Myotis sp.
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida sp.
Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat