Island Ford Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Alleghany County, Virginia (37.1° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
Primary reference: F. Grady. 1995. The First Record of Arctodus Simus from Virginia. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 58 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104758: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 09.02.2011, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
• Hubbard and Grady entered by Carrie Bio 334
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| Mammalia | |
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Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
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Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Glaucomys cf. volans, Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel | |
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Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
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Napaeozapus insignis Miller 1891 woodland jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse | |
"Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus sp., Microtus sp., Microtus cf. xanthognathus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus cf. ochrogaster, Microtus pinetorum, Phenacomys intermedius, Ondatra zibethicus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Synaptomys cooperi
"Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus cf. xanthognathus Leach 1815 taiga vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus cf. ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming | |
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Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
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Blarina cf. brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
Sorex hoyi Baird 1858 American pygmy shrew | |
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cf. Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 star-nosed mole
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole | |
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Lynx cf. rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
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Arctodus simus Cope 1879 giant short-faced bear | |
Lontra canadensis, Mustela nivalis, "Mustela cf. vison" = Neogale vison, "Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
"Mustela cf. vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
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Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Perimyotis subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
Myotis spp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat | |