Talk:Thomasomys ucucha/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Sasata (talk) 05:00, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Couldn't resist reviewing your namesake species. Comments soonish. Sasata (talk) 05:00, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about the delay; random real-life stuff has prevented me from being at the computer for more than a few minutes at a time. Comments:

• "…where it occurs in forests and grasslands at 3380 to 3720 m (11090 to 12200 ft) above sea level, where it may occur with seven other species of Thomasomys." reword to remove repetition of "where it"
  • Done.
• link/gloss procumbent
  • Wiktionaried.
• "Habitat destruction may threaten the species, so that it is listed as "Vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List." This sentence directly follows mention of T. hylophilus, so it might be a good idea to reorganize to avoid subject confusion
  • Used T. ucucha instead.
• were the first three collected specimens caught live? Were they recognized as new species then? Maybe add a few words to explain that the environment is little-explored mammalogically due to the logistical difficulties of collecting specimens there.
  • I guess Söderström (Ludovic Söderström, who was the Swedish consul in Quito and apparently liked looking for mammals) caught them in a live trap, but don't think it's very important. The three from 1903 are AMNH 46621, 46622, and 46624, but Voss says very little about them and I can't find any more (especially since the AMNH appears to have closed down its collection database). I don't know whether they were recognized as a new species back then, or whether anyone would have cared much; there are lots of Thomasomys species (many, probably most, of which were named after 1903; I think about ten at least remain to be named), and they're probably hard to tell apart. I did add something about Papallacta's remoteness.
• is the holotype one of the original 1903 specimens or one collected by Voss?
  • It's one from 1980. Is it important? I don't usually mention details about the type specimens.
• range map?
  • I'll make one (will be just placing a dot at the appropriate place in Ecuador, I guess).
• link specific name
  • Done.
• dab Cordillera Oriental, Presphenoid
  • Done for the Cordillera; not sure about presphenoid, since the dab page doesn't produce anything suitable.
• "Most were taken in runways" clarify what a runway is
  • Done.
• would File:Mojanda.jpg be a suitable habitat pic?
  • Apparently about 500 m too high.
• what are the protected areas near which it occurs?
  • Tirira doesn't say.

Sasata (talk) 20:47, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! Ucucha 22:46, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Meets GA criteria, passing. Sasata (talk) 23:45, 31 July 2010 (UTC)