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