The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the discovery of Babakotia radofilai, an extinct species of
sloth lemur, helped to resolve the relationship between the
indriids, sloth lemurs, and
monkey lemurs?
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Originally, when I first started putting the page together, I did cite the original article. However, I figured it would be better to cite a secondary source to confirm that they were the first to describe this new species. I just figured that since no other articles I've seen have gone back to find the original publications, but instead point to taxonomic authorities, then I should point to the best secondary sources I could find. If you'd strongly prefer to change the reference on that, just say so. – VisionHolder «
talk »15:14, 25 February 2010 (UTC)reply
"In many ways, Babakotia radofilai has an intermediate level of adaptations for
suspensory behavior, not only between the large sloth lemurs (Archaeoindris and Palaeopropithecus) and the small sloth lemurs (Mesopropithecus), but also between the sloth lemurs in general and the closely-related indriids." - can't understand this. The first clause suggests we can rank suspensory adaptations from most to least as Archaeoindris/Palaeopropithecus - Babakotia - Mesopropithecus - indriids, the second suggests A./P./M. - B. - indriids.
Thanks, that resolves those points. I am not satisfied yet with these two sentences:
"Similar to
arborealsloths (demonstrating
convergent evolution), its
forelimbs were 20% longer than its
hind limbs, giving it a higher
intermembral index (~119) than Mesopropithecus (~97 to 113).<ref name="NaturalChange6" /><ref name="NaturalChange8" /> Also in intermediate form were its highly mobile hip and ankle joints, as well as other specializations in the vertebral column, pelvis, and limbs."
Is the second sentence about traits that are intermediate between sloth lemurs and indriids? If so, you can better swap the two sentences to keep thematically similar sentences together. The first sentence may also need recasting.
Ucucha18:31, 25 February 2010 (UTC)reply