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Lundomys molitor
Lundomys (thanks to reviews by
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Awadewit (
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Pseudoryzomys (thanks to Casliber as
the GA reviewer and to reviews by
DSachan (
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Fifelfoo (
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Kingdon (
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Sasata (
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Guettarda (
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Dabomb87 (
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Noronhomys (thanks to reviews by
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Rafablu88 (
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Jappalang (
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Sabine's Sunbird (
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Laser brain (
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Everyking (
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SandyGeorgia (
talk ·
contribs ), and Dabomb87 at
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Noronha skink (thanks to reviews by Ealdgyth, Sasata,
WolfmanSF (
talk ·
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Juliancolton (
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mav (
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the FAC and elsewhere) –
today's featured article on July 18, 2010
Mindomys (thanks to reviews by Ealdygth,
Nikkimaria (
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Auntieruth55 (
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contribs ), Jimfbleak, and
Elcobbola (
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Oryzomys gorgasi (thanks to reviews by Guettarda, Jimfbleak,
Esuzu (
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UberCryxic (
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PresN (
talk ·
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Oryzomys dimidiatus (thanks to reviews by
Iridescent (
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Gadget850 (
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Marsh rice rat (thanks to reviews by Auntieruth55, Jimfbleak, Esuzu, and
Solejheyen (
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today's featured article on April 14, 2010
Eremoryzomys (thanks to reviews by Esuzu, Jimfbleak,
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Firsfron (
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Oryzomys couesi (thanks to reviews by Esuzu,
Visionholder (
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Redtigerxyz (
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Oryzomys (thanks to reviews by Iridescent, Jimfbleak, Sasata, and
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Transandinomys bolivaris (thanks to Jimfbleak as
the GA reviewer and to reviews by Sasata, Brianboulton,
NYMFan69-86 (
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Ceranthor (
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Transandinomys talamancae (thanks to reviews by Sasata, Auntieruth55, Brianboulton, Casliber, Jimfbleak, and
Noraft (
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Cryptoprocta spelea (with Visionholder; thanks to Sasata as
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Awickert (
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Plesiorycteropus (thanks to Casliber as
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Jayjg (
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Triaenops menamena (thanks to Jimfbleak as
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Yllosubmarine (
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Transandinomys (thanks to Sasata as
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Truthkeeper88 (
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the FAC )
Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox )
Fossa (animal) (with Sasata,
UtherSRG (
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Xtzou (
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DrKiernan (
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today's featured article on April 30, 2011
Pipistrellus raceyi (thanks to
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Mirokado (
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Thomasomys ucucha (thanks to Sasata as
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Egmontaz (
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Parsecboy (
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Seorsumuscardinus (thanks to Casliber as
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Ambondro mahabo (thanks to Sasata as
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the FAC )
Oryzomys antillarum (thanks to
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the GA reviewer and to reviews by PL290, J Milburn, Casliber, Jimfbleak, Ealdgyth, and Sasata at
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Miniopterus griveaudi (thanks to Ealdgyth as
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Oryzomys peninsulae (thanks to Sasata as
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the FAC )
Lavanify (thanks to Sasata as
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SlimVirgin (
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Miniopterus aelleni (thanks to Casliber as
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Fasach Nua (
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PresN (
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Melicans (
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Dincher (
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Euryoryzomys emmonsae (thanks to Sasata as
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RJHall (
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Salanoia durrelli (thanks to Visionholder as
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Pennatomys (thanks to J Milburn as
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Monticolomys (thanks to J Milburn as
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Myotis alcathoe (thanks to Ceranthor as
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Akodon spegazzinii (thanks to Dana boomer as
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Macrotarsomys petteri (thanks to Casliber as
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Myotis escalerai (thanks to Wilhelmina Will as
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Slow loris (with Visionholder, Sasata, and Rlendog; thanks to Dana boomer as
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Voalavo gymnocaudus (thanks to Rcej as
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Taxonomy of lemurs (with Visionholder; thanks to reviews by Nikkimaria, Jimfbleak, Coolug, SunCreator, Wizardman, Mav, TCO, and Carcharoth at
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False potto (thanks to Visionholder as
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Javan slow loris (with Visionholder and Sasata; thanks to Rcej as
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Voalavo (thanks to Rcej as
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Ferugliotheriidae (thanks to Visionholder as
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Carletonomys (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
Trachylepis tschudii (thanks to GA reviewer Visionholder)
Ekbletomys (thanks to GA reviewer Visionholder)
Oryzomys peninsulae (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
Oecomys sydandersoni (thanks to GA reviewer Visionholder)
Oryzomys albiventer (thanks to GA reviewer Jimfbleak)
Oryzomys nelsoni (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
Euryoryzomys emmonsae (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
Tachyoryctes rex (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
Akodon caenosus (thanks to GA reviewer Xtzou)
Juliomys anoblepas (thanks to GA reviewer
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Holochilus primigenus (thanks to GA reviewer Airplaneman)
UA 8699 (thanks to GA reviewer Airplaneman)
Megalomys audreyae (thanks to GA reviewer Juliancolton)
?Oryzomys pliocaenicus (thanks to GA reviewer Xtzou)
Aonchotheca forresteri (thanks to GA reviewer Casliber)
Cryptoprocta spelea (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
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? Nycticebus linglom (thanks to GA reviewer Visionholder)
Bornean slow loris (with Sasata and Visionholder; thanks to GA reviewer J Milburn)
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Ferugliotherium (thanks to GA reviewer Casliber)
Playa de Oro virus (thanks to GA reviewer Sasata)
Dermotherium (thanks to GA reviewer J Milburn)
List of parasites of the marsh rice rat (thanks to reviews by Sasata, Casliber,
Sandman888 (
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The Rambling Man (
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contribs ), and Visionholder at
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Ambondro mahabo . Photograph by André Wyss, uploaded by me, nominated at FPC by J Milburn
Salanoia durrelli , a
carnivoran
mammal from
Lake Alaotra ,
Madagascar , is officially described as a new species. (21 August 2010)
Thanks to the many people who vetted and approved my nominations at DYK and to
Innotata (
talk ·
contribs ) who initially compiled this list.
... that the
New Guinean mouse
Pseudohydromys germani is one of two rodent species to have only two
molars in each
jaw ? (2 April 2008)
This is no longer true now: two other species of
Pseudohydromys with the same reduced dentition were described in 2009.
Ucucha 18:09, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
... that the
Nicaraguan Rice Rat is one of only two
mammals
endemic to
Nicaragua ? (9 July 2008)
... that it was not realized for 70 years that the
Brazilian False Rice Rat was described twice under two different names? (9 August 2009)
... that the
Large Mindoro Forest Mouse , first described as a distinct
species in 1995, is known from only 16 individuals from a single
mountain on the Island of
Mindoro ,
Philippines ? (21 August 2009)
... that
Carletonomys , a
rodent related to modern
rice rats , is known only from one incomplete upper jaw from over
1 million year old
silt deposits in
Argentina ? (September 10 2009)
... that the
rice rat "
Oryzomys hypenemus ", first identified from bones collected from caves in
Antigua and Barbuda as early as 1958, still lacks a
formal scientific name today? (28 September 2009)
... that it is uncertain whether the extinct
oryzomyine rodent
Megalomys audreyae came from
Barbuda or
Barbados ? (9 October 2009)
... that remains of
Lund's Amphibious Rat , one of the largest living
rice rats , have been found in association with
saber-toothed cats ,
ground sloths , and
glyptodonts ? (13 October 2009)
... that the
rodents of the Caribbean include the
hutias (pictured) ,
bear -sized
Amblyrhiza , and the cat-sized rat
Megalomys desmarestii ? (14 October 2009)
... that although the teeth of the
extinct
rodent
Holochilus primigenus are almost identical to those of
Lund's Amphibious Rat , it is probably more closely related to
marsh rats ? (16 October 2009)
... that although the
Galidiinae (pictured) resemble
mongooses , they are more closely related to other
Malagasy carnivorans such as the
fossa ? (26 October 2009)
... that the
Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka , the
Sri Lankan affiliate of
BirdLife International , provided humanitarian assistance following the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ? (with
Chanakal , who actually wrote the article; 1 November 2009)
... that 122 years after it was first described, the identity of the Brazilian
rodent
Oryzomys anoblepas is still unknown? (4 November 2009)
It no longer is (since March 2011).
Ucucha 02:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
... that when the
rodent genus
Nephelomys was first described in 2006,
N. childi ,
N. maculiventer ,
N. moerex ,
N. nimbosus ,
N. pectoralis , and
N. pirrensis were reclassified as separate species in addition to the previously recognized
N. albigularis ,
N. auriventer ,
N. caracolus ,
N. devius ,
N. keaysi ,
N. levipes , and
N. meridensis , almost doubling the known diversity of the genus? (8 November 2009)
... that the South American
rodent
Irenomys , which has teeth similar to those of an
African elephant , was named after the
Ancient Greek word iren ("peace") to commemorate the
end of World War I ? (8 November 2009)
... that
Amerigo Vespucci may have seen the extinct rodent
Noronhomys , otherwise known only from bone remains, on a voyage to the islands of
Fernando de Noronha in 1503? (20 November 2009)
... that reports of "lizards with two tails" on
Fernando de Noronha in the
Atlantic Ocean may have been based on
Trachylepis atlantica (pictured) ? (24 November 2009)
... that the
lizard
Trachylepis maculata is known only from three specimens of doubtful provenance collected in the 1800s? (25 November 2009)
... that
Trinidad has
more bat species than any other island in the
Caribbean ? (27 November 2009)
... that the
extinction of the
Greater Antillean sloths coincided with the first colonization of
their islands by humans? (30 November 2009)
... that except for
bats , nearly 90% of the native land
mammals of the Caribbean , including all
sloths and
monkeys , are now extinct? (30 November 2009)
... that
solenodons (pictured) , the only surviving
soricomorphs of the Caribbean , are a distinct lineage that may date back to the
Mesozoic ? (2 December 2009)
... that Slaughter County, Iowa, named after
William B. Slaughter , was
renamed because its citizens were dissatisfied with the name? (by
RFD ; 7 December 2009)
... that the American
rodent tribe
Oryzomyini includes species living
in trees ,
in the water (including the
Marsh Rice Rat , pictured) , and on the
Galápagos Islands ? (10 December 2009)
... that even though the first specimens of the
Bolivian
rodent
Oecomys sydandersoni were collected in the 1960s, it was not formally described as a distinct
species until 2009? (12 December 2009)
... that the
rodents
Thomasomys ucucha from
Ecuador and
Oxymycterus hucucha from
Bolivia were both named after the local
Quechua word for "mouse"? (15 December 2009)
... that the
worm lizard
Amphisbaena ridleyi , isolated on remote
Fernando de Noronha , is known for eating
snails and for climbing
trees to drink
nectar from the flowers? (with
Mike Searson ; 21 December 2009)
... that the
rodent
Oryzomys peninsulae had only been found alongside one
Mexican river, which no longer exists? (24 December 2009)
... that 76-year-old
Cookie (pictured) is believed to be the oldest
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo in any
zoo ? (by
Kurt Shaped Box ; 28 December 2009)
... that possible traces of
interdigital webbing have been preserved in fossils of
pakicetids , the ancestors of
whales ? (with
Drmies ; 29 December 2009)
... that the South American
rice rat
Oryzomys gorgasi is threatened by competition with the
Black Rat ? (4 January 2010)
... that researcher Günther Theischinger broke his ribs while on a trip to
Tasmania to search for the
larva of the dragonfly
Synthemiopsis ? (with
IShadowed ; 20 January 2010)
... that many
rice rats have
pits at the back of their palates recessed into a deep depression? (23 January 2010)
... that
Hunter-Schreger bands strengthen the
enamel of the
incisor in
rodents ? (24 January 2010)
... that in
rodents , the position of the
zygomatic plate varies from nearly horizontal to nearly vertical? (25 January 2010)
... that the
molecularly distinct
Abrotrichini group of South American
rodents was not recognized as distinct from the
Akodontini until the 1990s? (25 January 2010)
... that the
pebble-mound mice of northern Australia construct mounds of stones around their burrows up to 10 m2 in area? (26 January 2010)
... that one burrow of the
eastern chipmunk (pictured) was found to contain 390
acorns ? (by
Susanne2009NYC ; 2 February 2010)
... that the builder of the
Rispenserpoldermolen ,
Easterein , the
Netherlands , was described as a better
millwright than a
poet ? (by
Mjroots , except the translated poem; 2 February 2010)
... that the
eastern harvest mouse (pictured) usually lives for less than a year in the wild? (by
Susanne2009NYC ; 9 February 2010)
... that the
Brazilian
rodent
Calomys cerqueirai was named only in 2010? (9 February 2010)
... that the
shrew
Crocidura phanluongi , formally described on January 27, is the seventh new species of
Crocidura to be described from
Vietnam in as many years? (10 February 2010)
... that the decline of the
gopher tortoise poses a threat to the
Florida mouse , which forms the only
mammal
genus that
occurs only in
Florida ? (by
Susanne2009NYC ; 11 Februray 2010)
... that the
name-bearing type determines the application of
specific and other names in
zoological nomenclature ? (13 February 2010)
... that
YouTube artist
Beckii Cruel from the
Isle of Man has become popular in
Japan ? (by
Lullabying , 19 February 2010)
... that one
oldfield mouse was observed gently pulling out her young with her forefeet while giving birth? (by
Susanne2009NYC , 22 February 2010)
... that in
Florida , even
Key Largo Woodrats (pictured) "want enormous homes"? (with
Drmies , 22 February 2010)
... that members of the
Sciurini group of
squirrels , which includes the
eastern gray squirrel (pictured) , have been described as
living fossils ? (2 March 2010)
... that suggested close relatives of the rare
Ecuadorian
rice rat
Mindomys have included
water rats ,
tree rats , and
Caribbean giant rats ? (4 March 2010)
... that although much of its habitat has been destroyed, isolated populations of the Mexican
rice rat
Oryzomys albiventer likely still survive? (12 March 2010)
... that
mating in the
marsh rice rat (pictured) results in relatively few
ejaculations , partly because of female resistance? (15 March 2010)
... that at least twelve different nomenclatures have been proposed for features of the
molar in muroid rodents ? (15 March 2010)
... that the extinct Mexican
rice rat
Oryzomys nelsoni has only been collected once? (22 March 2010)
... that the distribution of the Brazilian
rice rat
Euryoryzomys emmonsae may be unique among
muroid rodents ? (23 March 2010)
... that the tree
Erythrina velutina (inflorescence pictured) can make mice and rats sleepy and is the only
Erythrina species
pollinated by a lizard, the
Noronha skink ? (with assistance by
Guettarda and
Casliber , 27 March 2010)
... that American biologist
Philip Hershkovitz discovered many
rodent species while he was in his eighties? (with
Sasata , 29 March 2010)
... that
T. rex survives underground in
Kenya ? (1 April 2010)
... that the
opossum genus
Cryptonanus received its name because it was hidden in
synonymy for so long? (4 April 2010)
... that the South American rodent
Akodon caenosus may weigh as little as 10.5 g (0.37 oz)? (5 April 2010)
... that in
rice rats living in the water, the
tufts of hair at the base of the claws are reduced? (8 April 2010)
... that the
nematode
Skrjabinoclava kinsellai is characterized by the presence of shoe-like and nipple-like structures? (9 April 2010)
... that the
rice rat
Oryzomys couesi is infected by two different
hantaviruses ? (10 April 2010)
... that the fossil rodent
Megapedetes , related to the living
springhare , occurred from Greece to Namibia? (12 April 2010)
... that the
fluke
Lyperosomum intermedium infects the
marsh rice rat , although its relatives mostly infect birds? (15 April 2010)
... that nearly a century after its discovery, the Peruvian rodent
Eremoryzomys remains so poorly known that its
conservation status cannot be assessed? (17 April 2010)
... that the
apicomplexan parasite
Isospora hammondi has egg- and sausage-shaped structures? (19 April 2010)
... that
UA 8699 , a broken
molar from the
Cretaceous of
Madagascar , may be the only
Mesozoic
marsupial from
the southern continents ? (20 April 2010)
... that the introduction of the
small Asian mongoose to
Jamaica may have led to the extinction of the
rice rat
Oryzomys antillarum (skull pictured) ? (21 April 2010)
... that by 1941, American
zoologist
Edward Alphonso Goldman had described more new
mammals than any other living scientist? (25 April 2010)
... that in the
fluke
Notocotylus fosteri , the genital pore is located above the oral sucker? (1 May 2010)
... that although related species usually infect several
hosts , the
parasitic
nematode worm
Aonchotheca forresteri is known only from the
marsh rice rat ? (5 May 2010)
... that although the
genus
Hesperomys once included most of the
cricetid rodents of the Americas, it is now no longer used? (7 May 2010)
... that it may not be possible to determine what
?Oryzomys pliocaenicus is? (7 May 2010)
... that
definitive hosts for the
fluke
Ascocotyle pindoramensis include a variety of
birds as well as the
marsh rice rat ? (10 May 2010)
... that although the only known natural
definitive host of the
fluke
Catatropis johnstoni is the
marsh rice rat , its normal host may be a
bird ? (11 May 2010)
... that
marsh rice rats in
Florida are
infected by an "unprecedented" number of
internal parasites ? (11 May 2010)
... that the number of species in the
rodent
genus
Oryzomys was reduced from 43 to 5 in 2006? (11 May 2010)
... that the
rice rat
Transandinomys bolivaris is characterized by very long
whiskers , up to 5 cm (2 in) in length? (12 May 2010)
... that the
rice rat
Transandinomys talamancae has three digits on its penis, of which the middle is longer? (20 May 2010)
... that
Microgale macpheei is the only known recently extinct
tenrec ? (25 May 2010)
... that
Triaenops goodmani , an extinct bat from
Madagascar , is known only from three lower jaws? (30 May 2010)
... that possible relatives of the extinct Madagascar mammal
Plesiorycteropus include
hedgehogs ,
aardvarks , and
hyraxes , and its remains have been misidentified as
rodents and the
giant aye-aye ? (31 May 2010)
... that
Hypogeomys australis ,
Nesomys narindaensis , and
Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis are the only known extinct
rodents of Madagascar ? (2 June 2010)
... that although the
giant fossa , formerly one of the top
carnivores of
Madagascar , is thought to be extinct, there is some anecdotal evidence of very large living
fossas ? (3 June 2010)
... that the extinct
Hipposideros besaoka was the largest
insectivorous bat of
Madagascar ? (3 June 2010)
... that one colony of the
Madagascar bat
Triaenops menamena contained an estimated 40,000 individuals? (6 June 2010)
... that
Fossas (pictured) have lengthy
mating sessions because the male's erect
penis has backwards-pointing spines along most of its length? (with
User:Sasata ,
UtherSRG , and
Visionholder , 7 June 2010)
... that the
Madagascar bat
Paratriaenops auritus has a noseleaf with three straight, about equally long lancets? (10 June 2010)
... that the single known population of the
Ecuadorian rodent
Lagidium ahuacaense may contain only a few dozen individuals? (19 June 2010)
... that in addition to some isolated teeth and a jaw fragment, the
Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar include the most complete mammalian skeleton known from the
Mesozoic of
Gondwana ? (23 June 2010)
... that
bats on Madagascar colonized the island from
Asia at least three times? (25 June 2010)
... that the
Cretaceous
Malagasy mammal
Lavanify is most closely related to a species from
India ? (26 June 2010)
... that
Ambondro , which lived in
Madagascar about 167 million years ago, is the oldest known
mammal with modern,
tribosphenic molars ? (26 June 2010)
... that the
Malagasy bat species
Pipistrellus raceyi is characterized by a long, straight penis? (4 July 2010)
... that the only external feature that distinguishes the
rice rat genera
Transandinomys and
Hylaeamys may be length of the
whiskers ? (4 July 2010)
... that the fossil
dormouse
Seorsumuscardinus is known only from isolated teeth? (12 July 2010)
... that although the
Malagasy bat
Neoromicia malagasyensis was first collected in 1967, it was not formally described until 1995? (12 July 2010)
... that recent
molecular and
morphological research has led to the identification of five species within the Malagasy bat species
Miniopterus manavi —
M. aelleni ,
M. brachytragos ,
M. griveaudi ,
M. mahafaliensis , and M. manavi itself? (24 July 2010)
... that the fragmentary fossil jaw
TNM 02067 may represent the only known mainland African member of the enigmatic
Gondwanatheria ? (5 August 2010)
... that the
Cretaceous mammal
Argentodites is known only from a blade-like tooth with eight cusps arranged in a row? (5 August 2010)
... that the fossil
mammalian tooth
LACM 149371 shows resemblances with some
ungulates ,
rodents , and
multituberculates , but most likely belongs to the extinct
Gondwanatheria ? (7 August 2010)
... that although the fossil mammal
Veratalpa (
astragalus ) was described as a
mole , it may instead be a
rodent ? (10 August 2010)
... that
Trapalcotherium matuastensis is one of five species of mammals recognized among seven
fossil teeth from the
Cretaceous
Allen Formation of Argentina? (13 August 2010)
... that during the
MN 4 zone, the saber-toothed cat
Prosansanosmilus first appeared in Europe? (16 August 2010)
... that the fossil relative of the
House Sparrow
Passer predomesticus is known only from two
upper jaw bones ? (with Innotata, 16 August 2010)
... that the fossil squirrel
Lagrivea is characterized by deep basins in its teeth? (9 September 2010)
... that
Ekgmowechashala was the only North American genus of
primate during the
Late Oligocene ? (17 October 2010)
... that scientists have suggested that more
penes needed to be studied to assess the affinities of
Van Gelder's bat with other
Antrozoini ? (24 October 2010)
... that although the bat
Myotis alcathoe was only described in 2001, it is now known to range widely across Europe? (29 December 2010)
... that although the little brown mouse
Monticolomys koopmani was first collected in 1929, it was not formally described until 1996? (5 January 2011)
... that the
Mikea Forest , one of the largest remaining forest blocks in southwestern
Madagascar , is yet to be protected? (9 January 2011; with Visionholder)
... that the range of the rodent
Macrotarsomys petteri is believed to have shifted as a result of climatic change? (9 January 2011)
... that the
Malagasy rodent
Voalavo antsahabensis , which was only
described as a species in 2005, is endangered because of
slash-and-burn agriculture ? (17 January 2011)
... that the fossil primate
? Nycticebus linglom is known from a single tooth, which is said to be the smallest known
prosimian
molar ? (26 January 2011)
... that when first described in the 1890s, the
Bornean Slow Loris was said to have the face of a
bear , the hands of a
monkey , and to move like a
sloth ? (28 January 2011; with Visionholder and Sasata)
... that
Tupaia miocenica , known from a single tooth, is among the few known fossil
treeshrews ? (29 January 2011)
... that
Simplicidentata , the group including
rodents and their closest extinct relatives, is characterized by the loss of a pair of upper
incisors ? (5 February 2011)
... that because the rodent
Akodon spegazzinii is so variable, several populations have been named as separate species? (11 February 2011)
... that the bat
Myotis escalerai was first recorded in France in 2009? (19 February 2011)
... that
mountain coatis , a
genus of small
carnivorans from the Andes, were considered to represent a single
species , until a second species was recognized in 2009? (20 February 2011; written by
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... that the rodent
Voalavo gymnocaudus and its
parasitic
mite
Andreacarus voalavo are known only from two
massifs in the
Northern Highlands of Madagascar? (17 May 2011)
... that breeding males of the
Malagasy rodent
Voalavo produce a sweet-smelling musk? (19 May 2011)
... that the
Malagasy rodent
Eliurus petteri is the only
tufted-tailed rat with completely white underparts? (21 May 2011)
... that although the
Brazilian rodent
Drymoreomys has traits that suggest it lives in trees, it is usually captured on the ground? (26 May 2011)
... that the
false potto may be a true
potto (pictured) ? (26 May 2011)
... that
Bharattherium may have been among the first grazing mammals? (30 May 2011)
... that with an estimated skull size of 87.5 mm (3.4 in),
Coloniatherium was the largest mammal in the
La Colonia Formation ? (16 June 2011)
... that American paleontologist
Claude W. Hibbard became a school principal when he was only 18? (16 June 2011)
... that according to the
Paratheria hypothesis,
sloths ,
armadillos ,
anteaters , and allies are neither
marsupials nor
placentals ? (16 June 2011)
... that blade-like teeth in the extinct mammalian family
Ferugliotheriidae may have evolved into
molar -like teeth in the
Sudamericidae ? (22 June 2011)
... that the fossil mammal
Ferugliotherium is known from only 20 teeth and maybe a tiny jaw fragment? (23 June 2011)
... that
Dermotherium , discovered in 1992, was the first unambiguous fossil
colugo (
Sunda colugo pictured) to be found? (26 July 2011)
Deuterostomia
Diapsida
Synapsida
Allotheria
Ambondro mahabo
Trechnotheria
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Placentalia
Afrotheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Chiroptera
Yinpterochiroptera
Yangochiroptera
Miniopteridae
Vespertilionidae
Myotinae
Vespertilioninae
Euarchontoglires