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Baby Vulture Den

TX: Brewster Co., 585-635 m.

Age. A series of woodrat middens dating from late Holocene to mid Wisconsin (Van Devender and Bradley 1990). Midden #5B(1), 26,430 ± 4600; #5B(2), 19,600 ± 800.

General Description. The Baby Vulture Den middens are within a few kilometers of Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park (Van Devender and Bradley 1990).

Fauna.

Mid Wisconsin

Sylvilagus audubonii—Desert Cottontail (Van Devender and Bradley 1990: cf.)
Peromyscus sp.—Deer Mouse (Van Devender and Bradley 1990)

Late Wisconsin

Neotoma leucodon—White-toothed Woodrat (Van Devender and Bradley 1990: cf.)

Literature. Van Devender and Bradley 1990

Last Update: 31 May 2011