PBDB Collection

Trout Cave Entrance (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: B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America 1-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20554: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• nearby New Trout Cave is probably entirely Wisconsinan: Holman and Grady 1987
this list is INCOMPLETE, definitely missing at 14 least species

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Eptesicus fuscus, Plecotus sp., Pipistrellus subflavus Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat a bat Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat a bat Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat a bat
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciurus sp., Glaucomys volans, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neofiber leonardi, Synaptomys cooperi, Atopomys texensis¹, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus cumberlandensis, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Ondatra annectens, Phenacomys sp. Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 mouse Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming Atopomys texensis¹ Patton 1965 mouse Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967 deer mouse Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor canadensis Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys potomacensis Thomomys potomacensis Gidley and Gazin 1933 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum¹ Erethizon dorsatum¹ Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Ochotona sp. Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika described by Guilday 1979
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Parascalops breweri, Condylura cristata Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 star-nosed mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Sorex arcticus, Blarina brevicauda² Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew Blarina brevicauda² Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus americanus Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Carnivora - Felidae	Lynx rufus Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat

¹Alroy 2002; ²Jones et al. 1984