Talk:Rice's whale

Is it really Rice's whale?
I've noticed a lot of the sources are from before 2021 and so the source itself will identify the species as Eden's or Bryde's whale. This is of course unavoidable, but when it does happen, a note of it should be made. I'm looking specifically at "Each individual makes around 22 calls per day, with each call producing on average 8.2 sounds per hour." where the source mentions B. edeni, but I'm sure there're others  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 22:57, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * This is the same problem with pretty much every single study of the population that didn't genetically test every whale. It's the most parsimonious conclusion that they are Rice's whales but not exactly 100% objective given that you can't necessarily disprove that the whales may happen to be an unlikely anomaly of another species without genetic testing. Because referring everything to "Bryde's-like whale" when applicable would likely cause more trouble with confusion than its worth over a technicality, I agree that it should be addressed with note. I've currently placed one at the beginning of the aforementioned paragraph, but I think it would be helpful if is placed in a more prominent place, although I'm not sure where. Macrophyseter &#124; talk  00:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

"The Rice's whale"
This article uses "the Rice's whale" rather than just "Rice's whale", which is grammatically awkward since "the" and "Rice's" are both determiners (even if "Rice's" is part of the name), and you normally don't put multiple determiners in front of a noun. I think it would be better to use just "Rice's whale" throughout. Nosferattus (talk) 18:12, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Range and location map
The yellow dot specifying the location of Desoto Canyon has been placed on the Mississippi River well inland of its mouth. The Desoto Canyon is the deep submarine canyon just offshore of the panhandle of Florida. Please move the dot to the correct location. Deangulick (talk) 03:50, 6 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Looks like the right location when I view it. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:27, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree ... when I view the graphic on my laptop just now, the placement of the yellow dot is accurate. But it is off-location as described earlier when viewed on my iPhone (where I first noticed the problem).  I suspect that the yellow dot and map are two separate graphics and not hard-linked together, and so they shifted relative to one another on the iPhone presentation.
 * Can this be corrected? The incorrect annotation of DeSoto Canyon can confuse a lot of folks who don't know the geography of the GOM sea floor at a time when protections for the Rice's whale by the US gov't. have just changed. Thanks. Deangulick (talk) 01:10, 7 August 2023 (UTC)