List of phyllostomids (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): PresN 19:39, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mammal list #52 in our perpetual series and bat list #11: Phyllostomidae, or the leaf-nosed bats. With 203 species, this our last big bat species list, with tons of species from all over South and Central America. These include the well-known vampire bats, as well as a bunch with odd nose shapes. I thought this would be the last list before the capstone list, but after a review there's a couple small families that have just enough species to get a list that I'll do first. As always, this list reflects formatting discussions from prior lists as well as the scientific consensus on the family. Thanks for reviewing! --PresN 19:39, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Under "Classification" the sentence "The [family] [Phyllostomidae] consists of" seems like a MOS:SOB violation

• Rearranged

• Under "Classification" in the opening paragraph [Phyllostomidae] is linked and then it is linked again in the pseudo header. The second link seems like a MOS:DUPLINK violation

• Unlinked

• Under "Classification" the numbers of subspecies should be sourced

• No subspecies are listed, do you mean species? That's just counting the rows in the tables.

• I'm unfamiliar with these lists but shouldn't the ranges be more specific? For instance Brown flower bat's range is listed as "Caribbean" despite just being Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, while Buffy flower bat is also listed as "Caribbean" despite just being Cuba and Jamica

• Ultimately animal ranges only tangentially correspond with national boundaries, so I don't get bogged down in the precise countries unless its two or fewer. I'll change Brown flower bat to "Puerto Rico and island of Hispaniola", but Buffy flower bat actually isn't Cuba and Jamaica- it's also in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.

• Under both "Orcés's long-tongued bat" and "Giovanni's big-eared bat" Ecuador is linked as the range. I don't believe the location is linked anywhere else. Is their a reason for this?

  Unlinked the second instance

• "Great stripe-faced bat" and "Greater stripe-faced bat" use the same map with different colors. The description says "location (in color)". Why not just use seperate maps?

  Because I don't make the maps, I just use what's already available. --PresN 21:21, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I found ping me when done. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 06:10, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OlifanofmrTennant: Replied inline. --PresN 21:21, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would unlink the other Ecuador link or add links to them other locations Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 00:43, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OlifanofmrTennant: Unlinked, but the idea was that Ecuador is linked on its first appearance; the tables aren't sortable so there is a "first". --PresN 00:52, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 01:44, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Source review:
  • Reliable enough for the information being cited
  • Consistent date formatting
  • Consistent and proper reference formatting
  • Appropriate wikilinks where applicable
  • Spot checks on 20 sources match what they are being cited for

Looks good! Support Hey man im josh (talk) 21:07, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]