Table 30: Vertebrate fauna from Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo

ClassOrderSpecies
Mammalia PrimatesHomo sapiens cf. subsp. neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens cf. subsp. heidelbergensis/steinheimensis
CarnivoraPanthera pardus cf. subsp. lunellensis
Panthera (Leo) sp.
Felis (Lynx) cf. spelaea
Felis cf. sylvestris
Hyaenidae indet.
Ursus sp.
Vulpes sp.
Canis sp.
Meles meles subsp.
PerissodactylaEquus caballus subsp.
Equus (Asinus) sp.
Stephanorhinus sp.
ProboscideaElephantidae indet.
ArtiodactylaHippopotamus amphibius
Bos/Bison sp.
Capra sp.
Cervus elaphus
Dama sp.
LagomorphaOryctolagus cuniculus subsp.
Leporidae indet.
ChiropteraMyotis sp.
Chiroptera indet.
InsectivoraErinaceus sp.
ReptiliaCheloniaTestudo cf. graeca
SquamataLacerta cf.lepida
AvesFalconiformesFalco tinnunculus
Falco naumanni
GalliformesAlectoris rufa
ColumbiformesColumba livia**
StrigiformesAthene noctua
PasseriformesGalerida cristata/theklae
Saxicola torquata
Monticola solitarius
Pyrrhocorax graculus*
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax**
Corvus corone
Passer domesticus
Emberiza sp.*

N.B. Avian remains came mainly from our lower cutting (heavily disturbed by mining), but asterisks indicate:-
** avian remains found also in our upper cutting (undisturbed Pleistocene sediment)
* avian species only found in hillside mine rubble (mixed with modern bird species)

Microfaunal analysis is still in progress and far from complete