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Kuzmin, Y.V.; Kosintsev, P.A.; Vasiliev, S.K.; Fadeeva, T.V.; Hodgins, G.W.L. 2017. The northernmost and latest occurrence of the fossil porcupine (Hystrix brachyura vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941) in the Altai Mountains in the Late Pleistocene (ca. 32,000-41,000 cal BP). Quaternary Science Reviews 161: 117-122, 2 tabs, 4 figs. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.02.010

The northernmost and latest occurrence of the fossil porcupine (Hystrix brachyura vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941) in the Altai Mountains in the Late Pleistocene (ca. 32,000-41,000 cal BP)

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Fragments of teeth assigned to Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger), the Merck's rhino, were found in both the Barsuchii Dol and Idrisovskaya caves.

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