Lang Trang (Cave II, breccia 5)
Basic information
Sample name: Lang Trang (Cave II, breccia 5)
Reference: V. T. Long, J. de Vos, and R. L. Ciochon. 1996. The fossil mammal fauna of the Lang Trang Caves, Vietnam, compared with southeast Asian fossil and Recent mammal faunas: the geographical implications. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Bulletin 14:101-109 [ER 3838]
Geography
Country: Vietnam
State: Thanh Hoa
Coordinate: 20° 22' 42" N, 106° 32' 42" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.1
Min Ma: 0.08
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "in Ba Tuoc district of Thanh Hoa Province" (Lopatin et al. 2021)
exact coordinate is given by Lopatin et al. (2021)
age estimate is given by Suraprasit et al. (2016, ZooKeys) and is apparently based on biochronology
exact coordinate is given by Lopatin et al. (2021)
age estimate is given by Suraprasit et al. (2016, ZooKeys) and is apparently based on biochronology
Environment
Lithology: breccia
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "very hard, cemented 'breccias'" and specifically from "Cave II, breccia 5"
there are apparently no archaeological features
there are apparently no archaeological features
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates
Sample size: 3250 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: no details about collection methods are given
Metadata
Sample no: 4194
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-06 09:35:10
Modified: 2023-04-05 23:35:10
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
25 species
1 singleton
total count 3250
geometric series index: 29.6
Fisher's α: 3.686
geometric series k: 0.771
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8302
Shannon's H: 2.0917
Good's u: 0.9997
Register
| Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan) | 201 | 52.0 kg |
| in fact the Bornean orangutan: see Lopatin et al. 2021 | ||
| Hylobatidae indet. | 7 | |
| "Hylobates sp.": could be Nomascus | ||
| Cercopithecidae indet. | 358 | |
| includes Presbytis or Trachypithecus plus Macaca | ||
| Helarctos malayanus (sun bear) | 2 | |
| "Ursus malayanus" | ||
| Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear) | 33 | |
| Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda) | 5 | |
| Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet) | 11 | 2.4 kg |
| Cuon alpinus formosus (dhole) | 1 | |
| "Cuon javanicus" | ||
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 9 | |
| Panthera tigris (tiger) | 6 | |
| Catopuma temminckii (Asian golden cat) | 6 | |
| "Felis temmincki" | ||
| Lutrogale perspicillata (smooth-coated otter) | 2 | |
| "Lutra perspicillata" | ||
| Arctonyx collaris (greater hog badger) | 33 | |
| Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Sumatran rhinoceros) | 190 | |
| Tapirus indicus (Malayan tapir) | 18 | |
| Bubalus arnee (wild water buffalo) | 33 | |
| "Bubalus bubalis": not domesticated | ||
| Capricornis sumatraensis (mainland serow) | 23 | |
| Cervus unicolor (sambar deer) | 411 | |
| "Rusa unicolor" | ||
| Muntiacus muntjak (southern red muntjac) | 481 | 19.0 kg |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 1027 | |
| Elephantidae indet. | 14 | |
| Elephas maximus or Palaeoloxodon namadicus | ||
| †Stegodon orientalis (stegodont) | 11 | |
| †Hystrix kiangsenensis | 358 | |
| "Acanthion brachyurus": see Lopatin et al. 2021 | ||
| Atherurus macrourus | 8 | |
| Leopoldamys sabanus | 2 | |
| "Rattus sabanus" | ||