Template:Did you know nominations/Euryoryzomys nitidus

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The result was: promoted by Mifter (talk) 19:58, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Euryoryzomys nitidus

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  • ... that the elegant rice rat sometimes carries a hantavirus that can cause a fatal disease in humans? Source: "Six (1.7%) rodents had positive results for hantavirus IgG: 2 N. spinosus mice (both adult males), 2 N. lenguarum mice (1 adult and 1 juvenile, both females), 1 H. yunganus rat (juvenile female), and 1 E. nitidus rat (adult male)."

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 14:19, 27 January 2017 (UTC).

  • Readable prose expanded nearly 6.5x in the past week. Article is sufficiently long and adheres to core content policies, with no evidence of plagiarism. Hook is plenty interesting, properly formatted, and supported by citation given in the article. Everything looks good, nice work. – Juliancolton | Talk 20:21, 27 January 2017 (UTC)