Double Bopper and Leandras Caves (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Arizona (36.1° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 112.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. L. Chambers, S. Thomas, V. L. Santucci, H. Oswald, and J. Ballensky. 2024. Ancient bat remains illustrate the role of caves as habitat anchors in the temporally dynamic landscape of the Grand Canyon. Parks Stewardship Forum 40(1):39-52 [N. Famoso/N. Famoso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 233123: authorized by Nicholas Famoso, entered by Nicholas Famoso on 14.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat
Corynorhinus townsendii Cooper 1837 vesper bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte 1831 silver-haired bat
Lasiurus blossevillii hairy-tailed bat
Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796 hairy-tailed bat
Myotis spp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis thysanodes Miller 1897 vesper bat
Myotis volans Allen 1866 vesper bat
Myotis ? californicus Audubon and Bachman 1842 vesper bat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein 1830 ringtail
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma spp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat