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Article evaluation "African ground squirrel"

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? yes it is all about that sweet sweet African ground squirrel booty.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? no it seems to stand its ground heavily on informing the user about African ground squirrels and all of its subgenera.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? yes the view seems to be fixed to only there lifestyle and not much else.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? yes the links work and i feel the sources are trustworthy Ex.IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? yes there are references included in every section. It seems to come from scientific publishing. I would hope Herzig-Straschil does not seem biased on ground squirrels.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? I have not done extensive research on African Ground squirrel Habits or maybe i could spice up these articles.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? A Google search on Xerus, the first result is an XCOR spacecraft design, not a rodent. disambig? there was also a topic on merging similar material.

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? the article istself is rated as start, but the article has 4 branches ranking from stub - B. It is also in 2 projects WikiProject Rodents and, WikiProject Africa.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? doesn't bring much into effect of its impact on the environment or the part it plays, most just a standard brief description of what is a ground squirrel.