Trout Cave Entrance (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: B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America 1-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20554: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• nearby New Trout Cave is probably entirely Wisconsinan: Holman and Grady 1987
this list is INCOMPLETE, definitely missing at 14 least species
this list is INCOMPLETE, definitely missing at 14 least species
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Atopomys texensis1, Neofiber leonardi, Synaptomys cooperi, Peromyscus cumberlandensis, Ondatra annectens, Phenacomys sp., Microtus chrotorrhinus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Neotoma floridana
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967 deer mouse
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat | |
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Marmota monax, Glaucomys volans, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Sciurus sp.
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Thomomys potomacensis Gidley and Gazin 1933 pocket gopher | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
Condylura cristata Linnaeus 1758 star-nosed mole | |
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew | |
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat | |
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear |