Template:Did you know nominations/Little brown bat


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:22, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Little brown bat

 * ... that the little brown bat's offspring weighs nearly a third of its mother's weight at birth? Source: "The young are functionally altricial at birth, but they are extremely large, weighing 30% of the mother's postpartum mass" Kurta et al. 1989
 * ALT1:... that the little brown bat can live up to 34 years in the wild? Source: "The 8 g bat, M. lucifugus, has a record longevity of 34 years  (Davis  and  Hitchcock,  1995) in the wild" Brunet-Rossinni 2004
 * ALT2:...that the little brown bat went from being a least-concern species to an endangered species in just ten years? Source: "This species is assessed as Endangered" (2018) "Previously published Red List assessments: 2008 — Least Concern ( LC )" Solari 2018

Improved to Good Article status by Enwebb (talk). Self-nominated at 02:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Interesting good article, on excellent sources, JSTOR and others accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I like the first hook best, but the others are also fine. Perhaps go over the article once more, checking for clarity what "it" means. (Example: one sentence says "offspring", the next begins with "it", and I am not sure it's offspring, could be the bat in general.
 * thanks for the feedback! I haven't addressed your comment yet, but am hoping to later today. Holidays are so busy! Enwebb (talk) 16:50, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
 * No rush, take your time. This is no article which has to appear a certain day. Enjoy the holidays! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:15, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I went through and tried to ensure that my pronouns were clear (I think the specific instance you were referring to was in the lead). Let me know if there are other issues to address. Enwebb (talk) 00:04, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Fine, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:50, 28 December 2018 (UTC)