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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Brazilian shrew mouse


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is greatly lacking in information. It only touches on the biogeography of the species, and includes nothing about the morphology, phylogeny, or behavior of the mouse.


 * Sources
 * Skull morphology of the Brazilian shrew mouse Blarinomys breviceps (Akodontini; Sigmodontinae), with comparative notes on Akodontini rodents- Rafaela VellosoMissagiaFernando AraujoPerini
 * Eisenberg, J.F. and Redford, K.H. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Central Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016).  IUCN. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 April 2017).  Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.  Pacifici, M., Santini, L., Di Marco, M., Baisero, D., Francucci, L., Grottolo Marasini, G., Visconti, P. and Rondinini, C. 2013. Generation length for mammals. Nature Conservation 5: 87–94.  Reis, S. F., dos, Pombal Jr., J. P., Nessimian, J. L., Pessoa, L. M., Donadio, E., Martino, S., di, Aubone, M. and Novaro, A. J. 1996. Altitudinal distribution and feeding habits of Blarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1888) (Rodentia: Muridae). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 61: 253-255.  Silva, C. R., Percequillo, A. R., Iack Himenes, G. E. and De Vivo, M. 2003. New distributional records of Blarinomys breviceps (Finge, 1888) (Sigmodontinae, Rodentia). Mammalia 67: 147-152.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Fecund Vesper Mouse


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is missing a good bit of information on morphological structure and diet of this species. The article would be greatly improved with further information and pictures if possible.


 * Sources
 * Bernal, N.; Vivar, E. (2017). "Calomys fecundus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T136737A22335065. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136737A22335065.en. Retrieved 14 November 2017. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Calomys boliviae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1106. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 . OCLC 62265494.  Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Calomys venustus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1109. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 . OCLC 62265494.
 * Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology 46: 1-524. IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016).

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Smoky grass mouse


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is in need of more information in order to fully document this species. It also would benefit from pictures.


 * Sources
 * Anderson, S. 1997. Mammals of Bolivia: Taxonomy and distribution. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 231: 1–652. IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016).  IUCN. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 April 2017).  Myers, P. 1989. A preliminary revision of the varius group of Akodon (A. dayi, dolores, molinae, neocenus, simulator, toba, and varius). In: K. H. Redford and J. F. Eisenberg (eds), Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy, pp. 5-54. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL, USA.  Myers, P. and Patton, J. L. 1989. Akodon of Peru and Bolivia - Revision of the fumeus group (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan 721: 1-35.  Myers, P., Patton, J.L. and Smith, M.F. 1990. A review of the Boliviensis Group of Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), with emphasis on Peru and Bolivia. Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan 177: 1-104.  Pacifici, M., Santini, L., Di Marco, M., Baisero, D., Francucci, L., Grottolo Marasini, G., Visconti, P. and Rondinini, C. 2013. Generation length for mammals. Nature Conservation 5: 87–94.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Southern cotton rat


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has more information than some of the others, but could still use a lot of work defining the species characteristics and behaviors.


 * Sources
 * Alvarez, T., Domínguez, P. and Arroyo, J. 1984. Mamíferos de la Angostura, región central de Chiapas. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, Distrito Federal. Carroll, D. S., Peppers, L. L. and Bradley, R. D. 2005. Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the Sigmodon hispidus species group. In: V. Sánchez-Cordero and R. A. Medellín (eds), Contribuciones Mastozoológicas en Homenaje a Bernardo Villa, pp. 87-100. Instituto de Biología e Instituto de Ecología, UNAM and CONABIO, México, D.F.  Delgado-V., C. and Cataño-B, E. J. 2004. Diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) in the lowlands of Antioquia, Colombia. Ornitologia Neotropical 15: 413–415.  IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016).  IUCN. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 April 2017).  Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.  Pacifici, M., Santini, L., Di Marco, M., Baisero, D., Francucci, L., Grottolo Marasini, G., Visconti, P. and Rondinini, C. 2013. Generation length for mammals. Nature Conservation 5: 87–94.  Peppers, L. L. and Bradley, R. D. 2000. Cryptic species in Sigmodon hispidus: evidence from DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 81: 332–343.  Reid, F. 2009. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.  Voss, R. S. 1992. A revision of the South American species of Sigmodon (Mammalia: Muridae) with notes on their natural history and biogeography. American Museum Novitates 3050: 56.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Puna mouse


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article only mentions where the mouse is found, nothing else about it. It could be greatly enriched with further research and information on the phylogeny and morphology.


 * Sources
 * IUCN. 2018. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 28 June 2018). Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.  Pacheco, V. and Patton, J. 1995. A new species of Puna Mouse Punomys Osgood, 1943 (Muridae: Sigmondontinae) from the southeast of Peru. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 60: 35-96.  Patton, J.L. 2015. Genus Punomys Osgood, 1943. In: Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D’Elía, G. (eds), Mammals of South America, pp. 103-105. The University of Chicago Press.  Pearson, O. 1951. Mammals in the highlands of southern Peru. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparitive Zoology of Harvard 106: 117-174.  Pearson, O. 1957. Additions to the mammalian fauna of Peru and notes on some other Peruvian mammals. Mus. C. Zool. Breviora 73: 1-7.