NM: Eddy Co.
General Description.—Cave between McKittrick ∓ Dry Caves, recently opened by speleologists. Bone area N of entrance a few meters.
Comments.—Bone received from Carlsbad BLM in part; rest excavated or screened from surface by Harris.
Age.—Late Pleistocene.
Publication.—*Harris 1993.
Fauna.—
| Taxon | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Phrynosoma douglasii | Short-horned Lizard |
| Crotalus | Rattlesnakes |
| Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | Prairie Chicken |
| Nothrotheriops shastensis | Shasta Ground Sloth |
| Notiosorex crawfordi | Desert Shrew |
| Sorex | Long-tailed Shrews |
| Cf. Myotis | Mouse-eared Bats |
| Canis latrans | Coyote |
| Vulpes velox | Swift Fox |
| Mephitis mephitis | Striped Skunk |
| Panthera ? | Roaring Cats |
| Equus alaskae | Alaskan Horse |
| Hemiauchenia macrocephala | Big-headed Llama |
| Cf. Antilocapra americana | Pronghorn |
| Capromeryx | Diminutive Pronghorns |
| Spermophilus (Ictidomys) | Ictidomys Ground Squirrels |
| Cratogeomys castanops | Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher |
| Thomomys bottae | Botta's Pocket Gopher |
| Thomomys talpoides | Northern Pocket Gopher |
| Dipodomys spectabilis | Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat |
| Perognathus | Pocket Mice |
| Neotoma albigula | White-throated Packrat |
| Neotoma cinerea | Bushy-tailed Packrat |
| Neotoma floridana | Eastern Packrat |
| Peromyscus | White-footed Mice |
| Reithrodontomys | Harvest Mouse |
| Sigmodon | Cotton Rats |
| Lemmiscus curtatus | Sagebrush Vole |
| Microtus longicaudus | Long-tailed Vole |
| Microtus mexicanus | Mexican Vole |
| Microtus ochrogaster | Prairie Vole |
| Microtus pennsylvanicus | Meadow Vole |
| Lepus cf. californicus | Black-tailed Jack Rabbit |
| Lepus cf. townsendii | White-tailed Jack Rabbit |
| Sylvilagus audubonii | Desert Cottontail |
| Sylvilagus nuttallii | Nuttall's Cottontail |
Last Update: 6 September 1998.