PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM CUMBERLAND CAVE 



CUMBERLAND CAVE FAUNA 



The classified list that follows includes all the Pleistocene vertebrate 

 fauna identified from the Cumberland Cave and herein treated: 



Loricata: 

 Crocodylid. 



Serpentes: 



Ophidian remains. 

 Galliformes: 

 Tetraonidae: 



Bonasa nmbeUus (Linnaeus). 

 Insectivora: 

 Soricidae: 

 Sorex sp. 



Blarina brericauda (Say). 

 Chiroptera: 

 Veepertilionidae : 



^Eptesicus cf. grandis (Brown). 

 ^Corynorhinus alleganiensis Gidley 

 and Gazin. 

 Carnivora: 

 Canidae : 



\Canis armbrusteri Gidley. 

 ]Canis cf. priscolatrana Cope. 

 Ursidae: 



tjKuarc/os vitabilis (Gidley). 

 XArdodus haplodon (Cope). 

 Mustelidae: 



^Martes parapennanti Gidley and 

 Gazin. 

 Mustela cf. vison Schreber. 

 ^Gulo gidleyi Hall. 

 \Luira parvicuspis Gidley and 



Gazin. 

 XBrachyprotoma prisiina Brown. 

 ^Spilogale marylandensis Gidley 



and Gazin. 

 ^Taxidea marylandica Gidley and 

 Gazin. 

 Felidae: 



^Felis cf. inexpedata (Cope). 

 ^Felis near atrox Leidy. 

 Rodentia: 

 Sciuridae : 



Marmota monax (Linnaeus). 

 Cilellus cf. tridecendineatus (Mitch- 

 ill). 

 Tamias cf. striatus (Linnaeus). 

 ^SciiiTUS tenii.idens Hay. 

 Glnucomys sp. 

 Geomyidae: 



XPlesiothomomys potomacensis Gid- 

 ley and Gazin. 



Rodentia (Cont.) : 

 Castoridae: 



Castor canadensis Kuhl. 

 Cricetidae: 



Perornyscus cf. leucopus (Rafin- 



esque). 

 \Neotonia magister Baird. 

 XParahodomys spelaeus Gidley and 



Gazin. 

 Synaptomys cf. cooperi Baird. 

 Synaptomys (Midomys) sp. 

 ]Microtus (or Pitymysl) cf. in- 



vohttus (Cope). 

 XOndatra cf . annedens (Brown) . 

 Zapodidae: 

 Zapxis sp. 



Napaeozapua cf. insignis (Miller). 

 Erethizoutidae: 



Erethizon cf. dorsatum (Linnaeus). 

 Lagomorpha: 

 Ochotonidae: 



Ocholona sp. 

 Leporidae : 



Lepus cf. americanus Erxleben. 

 Proboscidea: 

 Mastodontidae: 



XMammut cf. americanum (Kerr). 

 Perissodactyla : 

 Equidae : 



XEquus sp. 

 Tapiridae : 

 X Tapir us sp. 

 Artiodactyla: 

 Tayassuidae : 



XPlatygonus cumberlandensis Gid- 

 ley. 

 XPlaiygonus vetus{1) Leidy. 

 XMylohyus cxoriivus Gidley. 

 XMylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus 

 (Leidy). 

 Cervidae : 

 Cervus sp. 



Odocoileus cf. virginianus (Bod- 

 daert) . 

 Bovidae: 



XEuceratherium{?) americanum 

 (Gidley). 



t Extinct species. 



t Extinct genera. 



