Talk:Oryzomys couesi

Requested move
Casting vote move to scientific name Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC) Coues& → Oryzomys couesi — See User:Ucucha/Titles; these common names are not in common use. Also see User:Ucucha/Oryzomyini for an overview of common names proposed for these species. Specifics below. Ucucha 02:50, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Nicaraguan Rice Rat → Oryzomys dimidiatus
 * Guianan Arboreal Rice Rat → Oecomys auyantepui
 * Atlantic Forest Arboreal Rice Rat → Oecomys catherinae
 * Western Amazonian Water Rat → Nectomys apicalis
 * Magdalena Water Rat → Nectomys magdalenae
 * Ucayali Water Rat → Amphinectomys
 * Indefatigable Galápagos Mouse → Nesoryzomys indefessus
 * Fernandina Rice Rat → Nesoryzomys fernandinae
 * Darwin's Rice Rat → Nesoryzomys darwini
 * Pygmy rice rat → Oligoryzomys
 * Brenda's Colilargo → Oligoryzomys brendae
 * Savanna Arboreal Rice Rat → Oecomys speciosus

This set contains a number of particularly bad offenders; I haven't been able to find the two Oecomys names in non-Wikipedia sources, for example. In all cases, Google Books and Scholar provide evidence that the scientific names is the most common way to refer to these species. "Coues's Rice Rat" is itself probably the most difficult case, as it does occur a fair amount of times in Google Scholar and Books. Still, the scientific name occurs about thirty times as often, quite different from the Marsh Rice Rat (which I'm leaving at its common name), where the scientific name occurs only about three times as often as the common name. I'm willing to elaborate on some of these if needed. Ucucha 02:50, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Linked this discussion on all article talk pages. I may list a few more when I finish revising the Oecomys articles. Ucucha 02:57, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Added Oecomys speciosus, which is also currently located at an article title which doesn't occur outside of Wikipedia. Ucucha 17:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Support — These names are good examples of common (vernacular) names that are not common (widely used) names. --Una Smith (talk) 01:48, 1 December 2009 (UTC)