Border Cave: Pleistocene - Holocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mysorex varius
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Mysorex cafer
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Chalinolobus variegatus
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Mammalia
- Chrysochloridae
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Amblysomus hottentotus
Smith 1829
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present category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Macroscelididae
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Elephantulus myurus
Thomas and Schwann 1906
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present category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
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Rhinolophus clivosus
Cretzschmar 1828
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Nycteridae
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Nycteris thebaica
Saint-Hilaire 1818
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present category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus capensis
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present category | |||||||||
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Eptesicus hottentotus
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present category | |||||||||
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Miniopterus schreibersi
Natterer 1819
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Myotis tricolor
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Scotophilus dinganii
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Tadarida sp.
Rafinesque 1814
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio ursinus
(Kerr 1792)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Cercopithecus aethiops
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlorocebus aethiops | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Steatomys pratensis
Peters 1846
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present category | |||||||||
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Aethomys namaquensis
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Aethomys chrysophilus
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Lemniscomys rosalia
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Mus triton
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Mus minutoides
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Pelomys fallax
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Grammomys dolichurus
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Tatera leucogaster
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Saccostomus campestris
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Dasymys incomtus
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Otomys laminatus
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Otomys angoniensis
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Thallomys paedulcus
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Mastomys natalensis
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| ETE occurrence; species: or coucha | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Dendromus melanotis
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Dendromus mystacalis
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Malacothrix typica
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Mystromys albicaudatus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Graphiurus murinus
Desmarest 1822
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Cryptomys hottentotus
(Lesson 1826)
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present category | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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40 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Suncus infinitesimus
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Suncus varilla
Thomas 1895
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Crocidura hirta
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present category | |||||||||
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Crocidura fuscomurina
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Crocidura flavescens
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Crocidura cyanea
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Herpestes pulverulentus
Wagner 1839
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Galerella pulverulenta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis libyca
Forster 1780
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Lycaon pictus
(Temminck 1820)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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25 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-large | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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23 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-small | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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26 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-medium/large | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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30 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-medium | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Damaliscus dorcas
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Antidorcas marsupialis
Zimmerman 1780
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope campestris | ||||||||||
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Ourebia ourebi
(Zimmerman 1783)
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope ourebi | ||||||||||
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Capra hircus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Ovis aries
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
(Ogilby 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus | ||||||||||
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Hippotragus sp.
Sundevall 1845
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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18 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus angasi
(Gray 1849)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Tragelaphus angasii | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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14 individuals | |||||||||
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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11 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
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Equus capensis
Broom 1909
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 27.0° South, 32.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.2° South, 31.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: C14 on charcoal; culture based on artifacts (stone tools) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: cave deposit | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 313 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 768, Border Cave, | ||
| Database number: | 21949 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5248. | ETE 960 | R. G. Klein. 1977. The Mammalian Fauna from the Middle and Later Stone Age (Later Pleistocene) Levels of Border Cave, Natal Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 32:14-27 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |