Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of molossids/archive1

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The list was promoted by Hey man im josh via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 11 October 2024 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of molossids

Featured list candidates/List of molossids/archive1

Nominator(s): Pres N 01:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bats list #4 and mammal list #45: Molossidae. These are the 120 species of free-tailed bats, yet another pack of very small bats, but this time with little tails sticking out. These are the ones I think of when I think of bats, primarily because of the 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats living under a bridge in downtown Austin, where I grew up. As always, this list reflects formatting discussions from prior lists as well as the scientific consensus on the family. Thanks for reviewing! --Pres N 01:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Alavense

The family Molossidae consists of a two subfamilies
Shouldn't it be Ibáñez, with the tilde?
Why are some surnames between parentheses but others aren't?

That's what I saw, PresN. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 08:29, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alavense: Done both, good eye. The parentheses are something from Binomial nomenclature that a reviewer pushed for a while back - it means that the original namer put that species in a different scientific name and its since been moved to its current one. For example, the New Guinea free-tailed bat is now Austronomus kuboriensis but it was originally described as Austronomus australis kuboriensis, and Miller's dog-faced bat, Cynomops milleri, was originally Molossops milleri; you can see in those articles' infoboxes that the namer is in parentheses. --Pres N 11:53, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know that, so thank you for the explanation. Support. Alavense (talk) 14:04, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - nothing more to say really :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:42, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – there's no real issues but I'll show I did read through it with a nitpick; "A member of this family..." uses a singular subject but the following sentences ("They are named...") use a plural subject, so I'd change the first sentence ("Members of this family..."). RunningTiger123 (talk) 20:44, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey man im josh

Source review: Passed

Reliable enough for the information being cited
Consistent date formatting
Consistent and proper reference formatting
Appropriate wikilinks where applicable
Spot checks on 15 sources match what they are being cited for

Support, excellent work as always. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:33, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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