CONTENTS 



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Introduction """ 



History of investigation ^ 



Location of Cumberland Cave— --- 2 



Accumulation and preservation of material 3 



Relationship of cave to physiography 3 



Cumberland Cave fauna ° 



Environment of the fauna 



Age and relationships of the fauna 7 



Systematic description of vertebrate fauna 10 



Order Loricata 



Crocodylid J" 



Order Serpentes 



Ophidian remains ^^ 



Order Galliformes J 



Family Tetraonidae 1" 



Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus) 10 



Order Insectivora. - --- 



Family Soricidae J" 



Sorex sp - JJ 



Blarina brevicauda (Say). 



Order Chiroptera 



Family Vespertilionidae 



Eptesicus cf . grandis (Brown) H 



Corynorhinus alleganiensis Gidley and Gazin 12 



Order Carnivora- - 



Family Canidae 



Canis armbrusteri Gidley 1° 



Cams cf. priscolatrans Cope *3 



Family Ursidae 



Euardos vitabilis (Gidley) *^ 



Arctodus haplodon (Cope) *^ 



Family Mustelidae 



Martes parapennanti Gidley and Gazin ^^ 



Mustela cf. vison Schreber ^° 



Gulo gidleyi Hall 



Lutra parvicuspis Gidley and Gazin ^1 



Brachyprotnma pristina Brown 



Spilogale marylandensis Gidley and Gazin 4b 



Taxidea marylandica Gidley and Gazin ^ 



Family Felidae 



Felis cf. inexpedata (Cope) 



Felis near alrox Leidy 



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