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Article requests : Drafts
Cleanup : Beaver dam • Bolivian hemorrhagic fever • Campbell's dwarf hamster • Fancy mouse • Golden hamster • Guinea pig breed
Expand : Bolivian hemorrhagic fever • Least chipmunk (requested) • California ground squirrel (requested) • Lemming (requested)
Merge : List of literary accounts of the Pied Piper • Mousetrap
NPOV : Birbalomys • Gambian pouched rat • Golden hamster • Hamster ball • Mountain Beaver • Pacarana • Plague (disease) • Prairie dog • Rat-catcher • Syrian hamster variations • The Rats (novel) • Tree squirrel
Stubs : Rodent stubs
Update : Baird's pocket gopher • Beaver • Black squirrel • Chinchilla • Cypriot mouse • Eurasian beaver • House mouse • Rabies
Verify : Acouchi • Aethomys • Ailuravus • Allegheny woodrat • American red squirrel • Anatole (mouse) • Anomalomyidae • Apodemus • Arctic ground squirrel • Argentine hemorrhagic fever • Armintomys • Batomys • Beaver • Beaver dam • Black-tailed prairie dog • Blesmol • Bobak marmot • Eligmodontia • Guinea pig • Mountain beaver • North American beaver • Tokudaia
Wikify : Baird's pocket gopher • Golden hamster • Indian giant flying squirrel
Other : photo requests

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Added Punta de Vacas Leaf-eared Mouse[edit]

I made an article for Punta de Vacas Leaf-eared Mouse and corresponding wikidata entry at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109317210 . Hopefully I have cited the various sources for this being a separate species (Mammal Diversity Database and some primary literature, as well as NCBI taxonomy) but please fix it up if you find any problems. This species was the subject of the podcast https://www.microbe.tv/twievo/twievo-90/ ("This week in Evolution episode 90: The mystery of the mouse mummies"). Kingdon (talk) 17:16, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nutria[edit]

Hi, there seems to be some discrepancy regarding the classification of Myocastor. In Wikidata, the genus is placed in the family Myocastoridae, whereas here the genus is placed in the family Echimyidae. Which version should be the preferred one? TadejM ^{my talk} 10:13, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have now put the genus in Echimyidae in Wikidata; in line with the reference provided in Myocastorini. --TadejM ^{my talk} 10:18, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fawn colored Rattus rattus. Possible Rab38 mutation. Any interest?[edit]

Hi all. I breed Rattus rattus for people to keep as pets. Someone found a Dark Eyed Fawn individual and, knowing my interest, gave her to me.

Since this color isn't known in Rattus rattus (Roof or Black Rats), I bred her with a tame, Agouti male. All of the offspring are Agouti, so it's recessive. Takashi Kuramoto at Tokyo Univrersity of Agriculture has expressed an interest in genetically testing her for the Rab38 mutation, so I'll be sending him some hair samples.

This is just a "ping" now to let you know that a peer reviewed publication is likely coming about this rat. In the meantime, if anyone is interested, here is a video of her nursing her agouti litter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK2WiUrzEGE

All the best! Brianjstarr (talk) 17:31, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Golden hamster[edit]

Hello, the wife of a hamster biologist recently got in touch on my talk page, sharing information about hamster captures in 1971, hoping that it could be added (here). I thought this might of interest to the project Lajmmoore (talk) 22:15, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]