Talk:Aegialomys galapagoensis

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Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was moved. Wizardman 00:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Galápagos Rice Rat → Aegialomys galapagoensis — Common names used for this species include "Galapagos [sic] Oryzomys" and "Galápagos Rice Rat". Google Books and Google Scholar indicate that neither common name is really in common use; in fact, many of the uses of "Galápagos Rice Rat" seem to refer to Nesoryzomys instead of this species. The former scientific name, Oryzomys galapagoensis, is in more frequent use, but the scientific name was recently changed to Aegialomys galapagoensis. The latter should be used as the article title in the absence of a well-established vernacular name. See WT:MAMMAL#Common names, Talk:Euryoryzomys macconnelli, Talk:Irenomys, Talk:Noronhomys, and Talk:Megalomys luciae for prior discussion of moves of this nature. Ucucha 21:58, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom and previous discussions. Tevildo (talk) 21:21, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support — "Galápagos Rice Rat" appears to be a pseudo-vernacular name that is not in common use. --Una Smith (talk) 04:28, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Species description[edit]

In case anybody (er, I mean you, Ucucha) is interested, the description of this species is in the public domain and in one of these books, in case you want to copy some text from it as has been done with a number of bird species. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 23:38, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We're fortunate that most old species descriptions are now available online, thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Google Books. But I have looked a little, and it appears that A. galapagoensis is not among them: the three books you list are the parts of the Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle about birds, fish, and reptiles, which are all fine animals, but don't contain rice rats. I am unable to find the original description of this animal in either Google Books or the BHL. Ucucha 00:14, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found a rice rat of some sort. —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 01:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]