Peter's Ghost-Faced Bat<i>Mormoops megalophylla</i>(Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) from a Pre-Columbian Archeological Deposit in Cuba

Orihuela, Johanset; Tejedor, Adrian

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“…D is the Desmodus deposit described in Orihuela (2010). G is from Gato Jíbaro archaeological deposit described in Orihuela and Tejedor (2012).…”

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“…For example, the assemblages reported with appropriate detail for Cueva de los Masones and Jagüey, in Sancti Spíritus, represents bats (Silva, 1974), whereas other such as Cueva GEDA in Pinar del Río (Mancina and García-Rivera, 2005; Condis unp. Thesis), and other cave deposits in northwestern Cuba (Orihuela, 2010; Orihuela and Tejedor, 2012) included several groups of vertebrates, but were less diverse in NTAXA (between 20 and 29) with smaller sample collections (between 150 and 430 NISP). Stratigraphic details on NTAXA and NISP variation from other faunistically-rich cave deposits such as Cueva del Túnel, Cueva del Mono Fósil or Cueva de los Paredones are not available.…”

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“…Cueva GEDAS (Condis, unp. Thesis), the kitchen midden from Cueva del Gato Jíbaro (Matanzas; Orihuela and Tejedor, 2012; JO unp. data), and the other deposit reported for Cueva de los Nesofontes (Orihuela, 2010) all cluster behind the 500 NISP level, and lie outside the confidence intervals, which suggests under-sampling (Figure 11).…”

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“…Until recently, Cuban cave fossil deposits had been rather arbitrarily considered to be of late Pleistocene age (e.g., Brown, 1913; Anthony, 1919; Allen, 1918; Koopman and Williams, 1951; Acevedo et al, 1975; Arredondo, 1970; Woloszyn and Silva, 1977; Acevedo and Arredondo, 1982; Rivero and Arredondo, 1991; Salgado et al, 1992; Balseiro, 2011). However, the few existing radiocarbon dates from non-cultural vertebrate assemblages reported from Cuba now indicate that such faunal accumulations are often much younger in age than previously expected (MacPhee et al, 1999, 2007; Jull et al, 2004; Jiménez et al, 2005; Steadman et al, 2005; Orihuela, 2010; Orihuela and Tejedor, 2012; Orihuela, 2019). So far, only three cave deposits have yielded true Pleistocene faunas: Cueva El Abrón, in Pinar del Río province (Suárez and Díaz-Franco, 2003), the tar deposits of San Felipe (Jull et al, 2004) and the thermal bath deposits of Ciego Montero (Kulp, 1952).…”

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Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: stratigraphy, last appearance dates, diversity and paleoecology

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Here we report a Late Holocene fossil-rich cave deposit from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Mayabeque Province, Cuba. The deposit’s formation and its fauna were studied through a multidisciplinary approach that included stable isotope analyses, radiocarbon chronology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, and taphonomy. Thousands of microvertebrate skeletal remains were recovered, representing a diverse land vertebrate fauna that included threatened and extinct species. The deposit is characterized by profuse Nesophontes remains due to raptor predation. Previously unreported last appearance dates are provided for the extinct island-shrew Nesophontes major, the bats Artibeus anthonyi and Phyllops vetus. Radiocarbon (14C AMS) age estimates between ∼1960 rcyr BP and the present were recovered. The presence of locally extinct species, including the endemic parakeet Psittacara eups, the flicker Colaptes cf. auratus/fernandinae, and the lipotyphlan Solenodon cubanus suggests that these species had broader distributions in the near past. Isotope analyses and faunal composition indicate the previous presence of diverse habitats, including palm grove savannas and mixed woodlands. Isotopes also provide insight into the habitat and coexistence of the extinct bat Artibeus anthonyi and extant A. jamaicensis, the diet of Nesophontes major, and local paleoenvironmental conditions. Oxygen isotopes reveal an excursion suggestive of drier/colder local conditions between 660 and 770 AD. Our research further expands the understanding of Cuban Quaternary extinction episodes and provides data on the distribution and paleoecology of extinct taxa. It supports the conclusion that many Cuban extinct species survived well into the pre-Columbian late Holocene and retained wide distribution ranges until human colonization.

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“…D is the Desmodus deposit described in Orihuela (2010). G is from Gato Jíbaro archaeological deposit described in Orihuela and Tejedor (2012).…”

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Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: stratigraphy, last appearance dates, diversity and paleoecology

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“…The level of disturbance on bats could have been 8 further exacerbated if cave fires are considered because smoke can lead to high mortality or 9complete extirpation. Nonetheless, direct evidence for these mass deaths or disturbance is 10 lacking from the current record in Cuba(Orihuela and Tejedor, 2012). 11Sloth remains are rare from midden deposits attributed to early Amerindian groups.12 While the context and age of the evidence are still debated, sloths have been reported from at 13 least a dozen archaeological sites (Pino y Castellanos, 1985; Jiménez and Arredondo, 2011:208; 14 Díaz-Franco, 2004, 2011; Pino, 2012; Arredondo and Villavicencio, 2011).…”

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Assesssing the role of humans in Greater Antillean land vertebrate extinctions: new insights from Cuba

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The Caribbean archipelago is a hotspot of biodiversity characterized by a high rate of extinction. Recent studies have examined these losses, but the causes of the Antillean Late Quaternary vertebrate extinctions, and especially the role of humans, are still unclear. Current results provide support for climate-related and human-induced extinctions, but often downplaying other complex bio-ecological factors that are difficult to model or to detect from the fossil and archaeological record. Here, we discuss Caribbean vertebrate extinctions and the potential role of humans derived from new and existing fossil and archaeological data from Cuba. Our results indicate that losses of Cuba’s native fauna occurred in three waves: one during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, a second during the middle Holocene, and a third one during the last 2 ka, coinciding with the arrival of agroceramists and the early Europeans. The coexistence of now-extinct species with multiple cultural groups in Cuba for over 4 ka implies that Cuban indigenous non-ceramic cultures exerted far fewer extinction pressures to native fauna than the later agroceramists and Europeans that followed. This suggests a determinant value to increased technological sophistication and demographics as the most plausible effective extinction drivers.

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Revision of the extinct island-shrews Nesophontes (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Nesophontidae) from Cuba

Orihuela León

2023

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

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Peter's Ghost-Faced BatMormoops megalophylla(Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) from a Pre-Columbian Archeological Deposit in Cuba

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: stratigraphy, last appearance dates, diversity and paleoecology

Late Holocene land vertebrate fauna from Cueva de los Nesofontes, Western Cuba: stratigraphy, last appearance dates, diversity and paleoecology

Assesssing the role of humans in Greater Antillean land vertebrate extinctions: new insights from Cuba

Revision of the extinct island-shrews Nesophontes (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Nesophontidae) from Cuba

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