Badak Cave C (Pleistocene of Malaysia)

Where: Perak, Malaysia (5.1° N, 101.0° E)

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• depositional age of the sediments must be older than at least 130- 200 ka according to the luminescence techniques, and possibly even older than 500 ka according to the U-series technique.

Environment/lithology: cave; breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. K. Ibrahim, L. T. Tshen, K. E. Westaway, E. Cranbrook, L. Humphrey, R. F. Muhammad, J. Zhao and L. C. Peng. 2013. First discovery of Pleistocene orangutan (Pongo sp.) fossils in Peninsular Malaysia: Biogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Human Evolution 65(6):770-797more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235742: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Roy Plotnick on 29.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet.
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp., Dicerorhinus indet.
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus indet. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus sp., Sus scrofa
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Muntiacus muntjak, Cervus unicolor
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovinae indet., Capricornis sumatraensis
Bovinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Capricornis sumatraensis Linnaeus 1758 antelope
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus thibetanus, "Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus
Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear
"Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 sun bear
 Primates - Hominidae
Pongo sp.
Pongo sp. Lacépède 1799 orangutan
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca nemestrina
Macaca nemestrina Linnaeus 1766 southern pig-tailed macaque
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet., Atherurus macrourus
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet., Chiropodomys gliroides
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
Chiropodomys gliroides pencil-tailed tree mouse
 Chiroptera -
Microchiroptera indet.
Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875 bat
Hystrix brachyura
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"Hystrix brachyura" = Acanthion brachyurus
"Hystrix brachyura" = Acanthion brachyurus Linnaeus 1758 Malayan porcupine