(Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, 1995) Avery, D. M.
New micromammalian material from Gladysvale Cave has recently been collected by
L.R. Berger and A.W. Keyser. The sample contains representatives of 29 species, of which five
are insectivores, seven are bats and the remainder are rodents. Apart from one specimen which
is possibly referable to the extinct species, Proodontomys cookei, the material appears to belong
to extant species. Proportional representation of species varies between units. This may indicate
different environmental conditions and therefore different ages for the deposits concerned. It
could equally reflect different agents of accumulation. Taphonomic work should establish
whether this is the case. In general terms, environmental conditions were apparently similar to
those of today.