Slaughter Canyon Cave

Slaughter Canyon Cave

NM: Eddy County

General Description. Cave in Slaughter Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Also known as New Cave.

Age.—Pleistocene

Environment.—

Paleoenvironment.—

Comments.—

Slaughter Canyon Cave is the only known locality for Tadarida constantinei.

Pate (2002) reports on some fossil findings from material excavated in April 2002 by Gary Morgan, New Mexico Museum of Natural History. Reports thousands of bones of Tadarida constrantinei and recovery of other vertebrates.

Gopherus agassizi - Desert Tortoise

Sauria - Lizard

Serpentes - Snake

Aves - Raptorial Bird

Myotis sp. - Myotis Bat

Tadarida constantinei - Constantine's Free-tailed Bat

Sylvilagus sp. - Cottontail

Perognathus sp. - Pocket Mouse

?Neotoma sp. - ? Packrat

Arctodus simus - Giant Short-faced Bear

Capromeryx minor - Miniature Pronghorn

Publications.—*Lawrence, 1960; *Pate, 2002.

Last Update: 29 Oct 2006