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Antelope Cave

CA: San Bernardino Co.: 1768 m.

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Location of Antelope Cave

Age. Jefferson (1991a) gives a date of Late Wisconsin (a radiocarbon date of 11,080 ± 160). However, Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer (1991), noted that the cave had been emptied of matrix, gave no date, and indicated that all fossils were recovered from the debris cone outside of the cave. It will be considered here as Late Wisconsin since the fauna includes extinct and extralimital taxa.

The site is located in the east-central portion of the Mescal Range, about 3 mi. west-northwest of Kokoweef Cave (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991).

Fauna.

Osteichthyes

Gila sp.—Chubs (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Chelonia

Gopherus agassizii—Agassiz's Desert Tortoise (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Reptilia

Crotaphytus collaris—Eastern Collared Lizard(Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Gambelia wislizenii—Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Coleonyx variegatus—Western Banded Gecko (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Sauromalus ater—Chuckwalla (Reynolds, Reynolds, et al. 1991)

Sauromalus obesus

Phrynosoma platyrhinos—Desert Horned Lizard (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Sceloporus sp.—Spiny Lizards (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Plestiodon gilberti—Gilbert's Skink (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991: cf.)

Eumeces cf. E. gilberti

Aspidoscelis tigris—Western Whiptail Lizard (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Cnemidophorus tigris

Crotalus sp.—Rattlesnakes (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Aves

Gymnogyps californianus—California Condor (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991: cf.)
Accipiter cooperii—Cooper's Hawk (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Buteo jamaicensis—Red-tailed Hawk (Jefferson 2014: cf.)
Turdus migratorius—American Robin (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Icterus sp.—Blackbirds (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Mammalia

Ammospermophilus leucurus—White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991: cf.)
Marmota flaviventris—Yellow-bellied Marmot (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Otospermophilus variegatus—Rock Squirrel (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Spermophilus variegatus

Spermophile sp. A—Spermophile (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Spermophilus sp. A

Spermophile sp. B—Spermophile (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Spermophilus sp. B

Tamias sp. (large)—Chipmunks (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Eutamias sp. (lg)

Tamias panamintinus—Panamint Chipmunk (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Eutamias panamintinus

Chaetodipus sp.—Spiny Pocket Mice (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Perognathus (Chaetodipus) sp.

Dipodomys sp.—Kangaroo Rats (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Perognathus sp.—Silky Pocket Mice (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Perognathus (Perognathus) sp.

Thomomys bottae—Botta's Pocket Gopher (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Lemmiscus curtatus—Sagebrush Vole (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Lagurus curtatus

Microtus californicus—California Vole (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Neotoma lepida—Desert Woodrat (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Neotoma sp. large—Large Woodrats (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Peromyscus (Haplomylomys) sp.—Haplomylomys Deer Mice (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Peromyscus (Peromyscus) sp.—Peromyscus Deer Mice (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Lepus californicus—Black-tailed Jack Rabbit (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Sylvilagus audubonii—Desert Cottontail (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991: cf.)
Sylvilagus bachmani—Brush Rabbit (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991: ?)
Ochotona princeps—American Pika (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Notiosorex crawfordi—Desert Shrew (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Sorex sp.—Long-tailed Shrews (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Antrozous pallidus—Pallid Bat (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Myotis sp. (large)—Large Myotis (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Myotis ciliolabrum—Western Small-footed Myotis (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Myotis subulatus leibii

Canis latrans—Coyote (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Ursus americanus—black Bear (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Mustela frenata—Long-tailed Weasel (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Spilogale gracilis—Western Spotted Skunk (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Spilogale putorius— (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Equus conversidens—Mexican Horse (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Camelops hesternus—Yesterday's Camel (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Hemiauchenia sp.—American Llamas(Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Navahoceros sp.—Mountain Deer (Jefferson 1991b: ? gen.)
Odocoileus sp.—Odocoline Deer (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Antilocapra americana—Pronghorn (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)
Ovis canadensis—Bighorn Sheep (Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991)

Literature. Jefferson 1991a, 1991b; Reynolds, Reynolds, Bell, and Pitzer 1991.

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Last Update: 13 May 2015