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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 12, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the rice rat Transandinomys bolivaris is characterized by very long whiskers, up to 5 cm (2 in) in length?
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GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Transandinomys bolivaris/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Images appropriate and licensed
  • Sources RS, all links work. Could the language of the non-English sources be added please?
    • Done, 2 x Spanish.
  • lead six scientific names have been introduced for it, but their consanguinity was not documented until 1998 — unlinked "consanguinity" is a bit technical for the lead. Can names, rather than species, be consanguine anyway?
    • Changed to "common identity".

More later, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:33, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking up the review! Ucucha 11:50, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • described three new species of Oryzomysdescribed three new species of Oryzomys rice rats would help your readers a bit
    • Done, and moved the sentences around a little.
  • superciliary vibrissae (vibrissae, or whiskers, above the eyes) — since it's a gloss anyway, why not superciliary vibrissae (whiskers above the eyes)?
    • Done.
  • In the table, the n column left aligned, other data centred. Not a big deal, but why not centre this one too?
    • Actually, all captions are centered and all cells in the body are left-aligned.
  • In the lead the whiskers are 5 cm long, next time they are 50 mm. Inconsistent, esp as the lead is the only cm measurement in the article
    • Changed to mm in lead.
  • The species may be expected to reach further north and west, perhaps into Veracruz, southern Mexico, and western Venezuela — I'm not clear whether this is hypothesised actual range or predicted future expansion.
    • The former, clarified.
  • per MoS, image captions shouldn't include the article title. It's assumed they show this species unless otherwise stated
    • Changed.
  • widely distributed species with a presumably large population that is found in numerous protected areas. — lead said it is rare, here it's widespread and numerous
    • That's part inconsistency in sources. I presume that although it is rare in any given place, it occurs in a lot of places, so the total population is still large.
  • Any predators?
    • Nothing I could find.

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:00, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Replied above. Ucucha 15:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Any pictures other than skulls?

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Aren't there any pictures of this rodent other than skulls and other bones? How 'bout a picture of a live—or at least stuffed—individual? - dcljr (talk) 06:48, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, none are freely available. There is a good plate in Reid's book (cited) and the Musser et al. 1998 paper (linked to a free full text in the article) has a great image of the head that shows its impressive whiskers. Ucucha 19:41, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A few spelling mistakes

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I think I saw a few spelling mistakes so I edited them.Can you check and see if they're right?Thanks. RandomGuyBabbling (talk) 02:56, 24 September 2014 (UTC) RandomGuyBabbling (talk) 02:56, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]