Trout Cave No. 2 (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: K. S. Pfaff. 1990. Irvingtonian Microtus, Pedomys, and Pitymys (Mammalia, Rodenlia, Cri- cetidae) from Trout Cave No. 2, West Virginia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 59(2):105-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20555: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Margaret Shalap
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis pava small-eared shrew | |
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Platygonus indet. Leconte 1848 peccary | |
cf. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Mustela nivalis, "Mustela cf. frenata" = Neogale frenata
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 least weasel
"Mustela cf. frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Thomomys (Plesiothomomys) sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver | |
Glaucomys cf. volans, Sciurus carolinensus, Tamias striatus, Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Sciurus carolinensus squirrel
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
"Atopomys salvelinus" = Atopomys texensis, Microtus paroperarius, Pitymys cumberlandensis, "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis, Ondatra sp., Phenacomys sp., Neotoma sp., Neotoma spelaea, "Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana, Neofiber leonardi, Peromyscus cumberlandensis, Synaptomys cooperi
"Atopomys salvelinus" = Atopomys texensis Patton 1965 mouse
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
Pitymys cumberlandensis van der Meulen 1978 vole
"Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Neotoma spelaea Gidley and Gazin 1933 pack rat
"Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 mouse
Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967 deer mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming | |
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse | |
Pipistrellus cf. subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat |