User talk:Emjohnson7

Common Spotted Cuscus
Thank you for your contribution to this page. However, I have reverted it for now. It needs references, and the common and scientific names you used were wrong. We follow Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed 2005) for our mammal taxonomy and common names. - UtherSRG (talk) 06:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm in the process of editing the page, I'm sorry I didn't realize that I had to put the references down immediately. Additionally, I have researched using Walker's Mammals of the World (4th ed) among others, and it seems that the Common Spotted Cuscus is different than the Spotted Cuscus.  The Spotted Cuscus is always referred to as phalanger maculatus, both online and in many animal encyclopedias I have been using.  Do you know why this is? Emjohnson7 (talk) 13:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No, this is the same species. maculatus and others were removed from Phalanger and placed in Spilocuscus. In fact, maculatus is the type species for Spilocuscus. And yes, you need to put in the references immediately. Leaving them off looks like you either pulled the data out of thin air, or that the article is a copyright violation. Walker's is fine for most things, but not for naming. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Looks much better. I've combined and inlined the references, and made a few other small changes. You should consider adding more links, such as for places. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)