Talk:Oryzomys dimidiatus

Requested move
See Talk:Coues's Rice Rat. Ucucha 02:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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Comments
(Copied from /Comments subpage. Ucucha 21:30, 5 March 2010 (UTC))

-ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 09:34, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Lack of photo is a stark issue for a species.
 * The description paragraph has good info, but needs to be rewritten for easy reading and clarity - perhaps pare down measurements to most important info (ear and hindfoot are likely unneccessary), simplify dual measurements.
 * Utilize convert
 * Utilize cite book and cite journal to create more complete refs.
 * More explanatory descriptions in prose, e.g.:
 * "The first known specimen was obtained by W. G. Palmer on 5 November 1904 on the Río Escondido near El Rama in what is now the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur" should read more like
 * "The first known specimen was obtained by (field biologist/naturalist/business tycoon) W. G. Palmer on 5 November 1904 on the Río Escondido near the municipality of El Rama in what is now the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur ." but remove extraneous information
 * Bad sentence:
 * "This specimen, the holotype remains in the Natural History Museum, London, as specimen BM 5.3.4.2."
 * I assume the "Colombian form [sic?]" is the Brown Cane Mouse - but this is never stated explicitly.
 * define nomen nudum in sentence
 * A and FA class articles are stylistically perfect - Taxonomy section needs more edits besides those listed in order to improve clarity and focus.
 * in Ecology section, rm binomial for blue linked species in order to clean up text and keep reader focused - binomials should generally not be used outside of eponymous article unless there is no common name, or it is relevant to the article to discuss them. They tend to be distracting when constantly used in parantheses after a common name.

Obvious question
A featured article which lacks a photo, and which fails to discuss the obvious question? Which is, of course, why a species known from only three specimens should be listed by IUCN as of "least concern". It may turn out to be true that it is more common than is apparent, but they don't know that for a fact. Macdonald-ross (talk) 07:01, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * There are no appropriately licensed photographs as far as I know, and few photographs of any kind. The motivation for the IUCN's decision is already mentioned in the article. I'm not too familiar with the region, but I think it occurs in a sparsely populated and little-studied area, so there's little reason to believe it is threatened. Ucucha (talk) 07:18, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Nicaragua Canal
Does anyone know if the proposed Nicaragua Canal would affect the conservation status of O. dimidiatus? The canal is proposed to start on the Caribbean/Atlantic side, at Punta Gorda, which is right in the estimated range of the species. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gonzomalan (talk • contribs) 23:06, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

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FA?
Not only is this only 15K, two sections only have one sentence. This should have its FA status removed.70.161.8.90 (talk) 16:05, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't know about length, if not much is known about a topic the summary will be short, but it probably should be reorganized to avoid one sentence sections. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:A827:AEA3:FF17:B7C2 (talk) 23:13, 25 July 2021 (UTC)