Anthony Cave
Anthony Cave UTEP 29
TX: EL PASO CO.: 1555 m.
General Description.—Franklin Mts., ca. 6 mi E Anthony, 1555 m. Given (by Smartt?) as SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec 35, T26S, R4E, but seems to be farther inside Texas—needs to be
checked as does elevation. Small limestone cave, badly vandalised, with vertical entrance on top of end of ridge. Several sites within cave, quite possibly of different ages.
Comments.—Presence or absence of Microtus montanus critical here. Invertebrate fauna includes the snail Gastrocopta procera (Smartt 1977).
Age.—RANCHOLABREAN, poss. some Holocene. Likely different sites within the cave with different ages. Smartt (1977:11) comments that site 29-D "seems to represent either a Recent
assemblage or an interpluvial fauna." Others hypothesized by him to represent a late Pleistocene pluvial period.
Publications.—Harris 1984, 1985; Smartt 1972, 1977.
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Anthony Cave
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Gastrocopta procera
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Snail
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Cynomys
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Prairie Dogs
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Neotoma albigula
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White-throated Packrat
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Neotoma cinerea
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Bushy-tailed Packrat
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Microtus mexicanus
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Mexican Vole
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Microtus montanus
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Montane Vole
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Aztlanolagus agilis
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Aztlan Rabbit
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Corridor just S large chamber
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Equus
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Horses
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Site 1
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Notiosorex crawfordi
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Desert Shrew
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Canis cf. latrans
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Coyote
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Bassariscus astutus
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Ringtail
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Microtus montanus
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Montane Vole
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
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Meadow Vole
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Sylvilagus audubonii/floridanus
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Desert/Eastern Cottontail
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Sylvilagus nuttallii
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Nuttall's Cottontail
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Site 1, Level 1
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Tamias
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Chipmunk
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Neotoma albigula
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White-throated Packrat
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Neotoma cinerea
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Bushy-tailed Packrat
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Neotoma ? goldmani
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Goldman's Packrat
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Aztlanolagus agilis
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Aztlan Rabbit
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Lepus
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Jack Rabbits
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Site 2
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Microtus mexicanus
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Mexican Vole
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Microtus montanus
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Montane Vole
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Site 2 + 3
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Sorex cf. monticolus
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Montane Shrew
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Lynx rufus
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Bobcat
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Equus
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Horses
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Thomomys bottae
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Botta's Pocket Gopher
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Neotoma cinerea
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Bushy-tailed Packrat
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Site 4 (=D)
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Neotoma ? goldmani
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Goldman's Packrat
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Aztlanolagus agilis
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Aztlán Rabbit
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Site 4 Level 1
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Sauria. Lizards
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Urocyon cf. cinereoargenteus
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Gray Fox
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Peromyscus
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White-footed Mice
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A/1
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Microtus mexicanus
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Mexican Vole
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B/1
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Notiosorex crawfordi
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Desert Shrew
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Neotoma albigula
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White-throated Packrat
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Neotoma cinerea
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Bushy-tailed Packrat
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Microtus mexicanus
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Mexican Vole
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Microtus montanus
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Montane Vole
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C/1
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Sorex merriami
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Merriam's Shrew
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Neotoma albigula
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White-throated Packrat
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Microtus montanus
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Montane Vole
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E/1
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Microtus mexicanus
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Mexican Vole
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Last Update: 15 May 1998.