Age. A series of woodrat middens dating from
early Holocene to mid Wisconsin (Van Devender and Bradley 1990). TV#1, 24,050 ±
770; TV#3A, 15,060 ± 450; TV#6, 30,000 +3200 -2300; TV#8A(2), 43,000 +2400
-1800; TV#8C, >44,900; TV#10, 19,960 ± 700; TV#11, 11,800 ± 250;
TV#12, 9870 ± 150; TV#17, 10,500 ± 190.
General Description. The Tunnel View middens are within a few kilometers of Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park (Van Devender and Bradley 1990).
Fauna.
Xerospermophilus spilosoma (Van Devender and Bradley 1990: cf.)
Perognathus sp. (as Perognathus flavescens/flavus—Silky Pocket
Mouse (Van Devender and Bradley 1990)
Neotoma leucodon (Van Devender and Bradley 1990: cf.)
Lepus sp.—Jackrabbit (Van Devender and Bradley 1990)
Sylvilagus audubonii—Desert Cottontail (Van Devender and Bradley 1990:
cf.)
Sylvilagus robustus—Davis Mountains Cottontail (Van Devender and Bradley
1990: cf.)
Neotoma leucodon—White-toothed Woodrat (Van Devender and Bradley 1990:
cf.).
Peromyscus sp.—Deer Mouse (Van Devender and Bradley 1990)
Chaetodipus sp.—Spiny Pocket Mouse (Van Devender and Bradley 1990: as
Perognathus penicillatus-type)
Neotoma leucodon—White-toothed Woodrat (Van Devender and Bradley 1990:
cf.)
Literature. Van Devender and Bradley 1990
Last Update: 31 May 2011