Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals
This page is not so much a project policy page as a means of getting a handle on how much of the mammals Wikipedia covers. Right now policy is covered by Grandmother project Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life, sister project Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds, and children projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Primates, Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans,Wikipedia:WikiProject Dog breeds and Wikipedia:WikiProject Cats.
Classification taken from the Mammal article which in turn was taken from the classic classification by Simpson (no end of controversy possible here).
Order, Size, Depth of coverage, Appropiateness of coverage (requires an expert in the field to judge, I guess)
- Monotremata, Platypus and spiny anteaters, 5 species in 2 families, One article for each family, covering each species
- Didelphimorphia, common opossums, about 100 species in one family, article covering the whole family
- Paucituberculata, shrew opposums, 6 species in one family, article covering the whole family
- Microbiotheria, the "Monito del Monte" - one species with an article
- Dasyuromorphia, carnivorous marsupials - 73 species in two families, mixed coverage?
- Peramelemorphia, bandicoots, bilbies, 22 species in two families, coverage at subfamily level (3? articles)
- Notoryctemorphia, marsupial mole, 2 species in one family, single article
- Diprotodontia, Kangaroos, wallabies, possums, wombats, koala bears, 143 species in 11 families, mixed coverage?
- Afrosoricida, golden moles and tenrecs, otter shrews, 52 species in 2 families,
- Macroscelidea, elephant shrews, 15 species in 1 family, 1 article
- Tubulidentata, the aardvark, 1 species, Good article
- Hyracoidea, Hyraxes, 6 species in 3 genera, 1 family, 1 article
- Proboscidea, Elephants, 3 species in 1 family, 3 articles, two very stubbish
- Sirenia, Seacows and manatees, 5 species in 2 families, mixed
- Xenarthra, True anteaters, sloths, armadillios, 31 species in 4 families, mixed
- Dermoptera, Colugos (flying lemurs) 2 species in one family. Good article
- Desmostylia, extinct herbivorous marine mammals, more to add
- Scandentia, tree shrews, 19 species in 6 genera, 1 family, more to add
- Primates, people, apes, monkeys, etc. :), ~350species, 65 genera, 15 families, Active WikiProject, ???
- Rodentia, Lots of mice, rats, guinea pigs, squirrels, hamsters, gerbils, more than 2300 species in nearly 500 genera and 34 families, could be a big topic (no surprise there, as it is the biggest order of mammals!)
- Lagomorpha, Rabbits, hares and pikas, ~87 species in two families, overview article, NOT to be confused with rodents see above
- Insectivora, Shrews, hedgehogs, moles, moonrats, five families, 23 in Erinaceidae (hedgehogs), 9 in Nesophontidae, 3 in Solenodontidae, 43 in Talpidae, 368 in Soricidae, mixed coverage
- Chiroptera, Bats, more than 1100 species in 20 families, different style article, mixed coverage
- Pholidota, Pangolins, 7 species in 1 genus, One nice article
- Carnivora (inc. Pinnipedia) Dogs, Raccoons, Bears, Weasels, Skunks, Cats, Civets, Mongeese, Hyenas, Seals, Walrus, ~265 species in 12 families, Mixed coverage, Plenty of excellent articles (inc. a whole project on Dog Breeds)
- Perissodactyla Horses, tapirs and rhinos, 15 species in 3 families
- Artiodactyla Pigs, hippos, peccaries, camels, deer, giraffe, pronghorn, cattle, sheep, goats, okapi, chevrotains 220 species in 10 families
- Cetacea 86 species in ~20 genera, Active WikiProject, Articles to genus or species level of mixed quality, some more general coverage
Participants
- Sambostock
- Ucucha
- UtherSRG (talk) - updating articles wrt MSW 3.
- Spawn Man - Will try hardest to help.
- Mammalia
- Enlil Ninlil
- KalevTait
- Pmaas
- -- Kim van der Linde at venus
- TeaDrinker
- Guy Manners
- Daniel10
- Valich - Carnivoramorpha, Miacoidea, Amphicyonidae (Bear-dogs), Carnivores (have to distinquish between "meat-eaters" and carnivores), Red Panda
- Petens veritas - I shall truly enjoy doing research and helping out.
- Zesty Prospect
- TeamZissou
- PatricknoddyTALK (reply here)|HISTORY
- DaMatriX Phylogeny, evolution, relationships, extinct groups
- Mehmet Karatay Expanding stubs
- Enoktalk - Expanding and rewriting mammal articles that don't fit in any of the child projects
- kinda
- Aranae
- Dracontes
Use a taxobox
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| Family: | Elephantidae Gray, 1821
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In general, mammal entries should have taxobox. This is something we have inherited from the Tree of Life WikiProject, and is standard anyway. If you dont know how to do a taxobox than leave a message on this talk page or the articles talk page.
Capitalization
The issue of the capitalization of the common names of mammal species is unresolved on Wikipedia and our pages are inconsistent. A large majority of reliable sources do not capitalize and thus there is a strong descriptive argument against doing so. Capitalization will often not "feel" right for editors for this reason. Conversely, because species names are proper nouns there is also a strong argument in favour of capitalization. Upper case usage is well-established with Aves species, for example. There are actually three possibilities in capitalizing:
- Never capitalize.
- Always capitalize.
- Capitalize when the species itself is referred to, as this is proper noun usage, but not where the phraseology indicates a common noun. Thus: "The Tiger is a carnivore" but "three tigers were observed in the conservation area."
The third is most correct orthographically, but it is also the most difficult to maintain. In the absence of consensus:
- Respect the original or primary authors; do not up and change something without notification, as you may be reverted.
- The form chosen should be used consistently across an article.
Talk pages
Place {{MaTalk}} at the top of an article's talk page. This will help direct editors to this page for guidance. As monotreme's and marsupial's already have there own template, this can be placed alongside the other or not at all.
Articles needing attention
- Biology pages needing attention (cleanup, expansion, wikification, expert needed, etc.)