Hoq Cave (Holocene of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (12.6° N, 54.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.6° N, 54.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Primary reference: G. Ramello, M. Delfino, E. Mori, A. Viviano, G. Pavia, G. Carnevale, and M. Pavia. 2024. Holocene vertebrate assemblages provide the first evidence for the presence of the barn owl (Tytonidae, Tyto alba) on Socotra Island (Yemen). Geobios 83:85-98 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 169046: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 05.05.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Hypsugo lanzai Benda et al. 2011 Socotran pipistrelle
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar 1828 Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinopomatidae
Rhinopoma cystops Thomas 1903 Egyptian mouse-tailed bat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mus domesticus Shwarz and Shwarz 1943 house mouse
Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769 brown rat
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Suncus madagascariensis Coquerel 1848 Madagascan pygmy shrew
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Mesalina balfouri Blanford 1881 squamates
 Squamata - Phyllodactylidae
Haemodracon riebeckii Peters 1882 squamates
Haemodracon trachyrhinus Boulenger 1899 pygmy Socotran leaf-toed gecko
 Squamata -
Xerotyphlops socotranus Boulenger 1889 Socotra worm snake
 Squamata - Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Ditypophis vivax Günther 1881 Günther's racer
 Squamata - Scincidae
Trachylepis socotrana Peters 1882 Socotra skink
 Squamata - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleo monachus Gray 1865 Socotran chameleon
Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus persicus Hume 1872 Persian shearwater
 Passeriformes - Laniidae
Lanius excubitor Linnaeus 1758 great gray shrike
 Passeriformes - Muscicapidae
Oenanthe sp. Vieillot 1816 wheatear
 Passeriformes - Passeridae
Passer insularis Sclater and Hartlaub 1881 Socotra sparrow
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Rhynchostruthus socotranus Sclater and Hartlaub 1881 Socotra golden-winged grosbeak
 Passeriformes - Zosteropidae
Zosterops abyssinicus Guérin-Méneville 1843 Abyssinian white-eye
 Passeriformes - Nectariniidae
Chalcomitra balfouri Sclater and Hartlaub 1881 Socotra sunbird
 Passeriformes - Sylviidae
Sylviidae indet. Vigors 1825 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
Emberiza sp. Linnaeus 1758 old world bunting
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Coraciiformes - Coraciidae
Coracias garrulus Linnaeus 1758 European roller
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Oena capensis Linnaeus 1766 Namaqua dove
Spilopelia senegalensis Linnaeus 1766 laughing dove
Treron waalia Meyer 1793 Bruce's green pigeon
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus sp. Scopoli 1777 swift
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe