Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals

Elephant
	; African Bush (Savannah) Elephant in Kenya.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Mammalia;
Order:	Proboscidea;
Family:	Elephantidae; Gray, 1821
Genera and Species
	Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis; Loxodonta africana; ; Elephas Elephas maximus; Elephas recki †; ; Stegodon †; Mammuthus †;

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Mammals
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Related Wikiprojects
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WikiProject Squirrels	talk
WikiProject Cats	talk
WikiProject Equine	talk
WikiProject Cetaceans	talk
WikiProject Primates	talk
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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)

[edit] Work groups

[edit] Departments

Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Assessment

[edit] Recognized content

Mammal articles		Importance
Mammal articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	3	9	5	4	4	25
	A		1				1
	GA		2	3	2	4	11
	B	8	23	13	10	65	119
	C	2	5	9	15	3	34
	Start	1	9	30	102	509	651
	Stub		4	38	352	3396	3790
	Assessed	14	53	98	485	3981	4631
	Unassessed		1		1	557	559
	Total	14	54	98	486	4538	5190

[edit] Formerly recognized content

[edit] Former featured articles

[edit] Former good articles

[edit] Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

[edit] Monotremes

Monotremata, Platypus and spiny anteaters, 5 species in 2 families, One article for each family, covering each species

[edit] Marsupials

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, koalas, 143 species in 11 families, mixed coverage?

[edit] Placentals

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. :), >405 species, 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

[edit] Participants

All users should feel free to add {{User WikiProject Mammals}} to their userpages.

Sushant gupta (talk) – Portal:Mammals maintenance.
Sambostock
Ucucha
UtherSRG (talk) – updating articles wrt MSW 3.
Spawn Man – Will try hardest to help.
Mammalia
Enlil Ninlil
KalevTait
Pmaas
TeaDrinker
Myrecovery (talk • contribs • count • global contribs)
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
Patricknoddy^{TALK (reply here)}^|^HISTORY
DaMatriX Phylogeny, evolution, relationships, extinct groups
Mehmet Karatay Expanding stubs
Enok^talk – Expanding and rewriting mammal articles that don't fit in any of the child projects
kinda
Aranae
Dracontes
Sabine's Sunbird When I have the time.
Shyamal Indian species, here and there.
Lighthead ^þ The cladistics of mammal species.
•Zhuge Liang• ^[Chat]
Merbabu Indonesian species, maybe Australian too from time to time.
John Carter 15:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
User:Karina-May Hilton 17:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Eliezg
Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 02:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC) Focus on domesticated species and their wild relatives and coordinating between this project and WikiProject Agriculture
Dave (Talk | contribs) 10:14, 09 November 2007 (UTC)
User: Foxygramps 10:58 November 11 Working on Ruppell's Fox page
Writtenonsand (talk) 19:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Clayoquot
Rlendog
Jack Hynes – Mostly Primates
Metanoid – mostly Carnivora, tho i tend to hop around. i like to dig for sources... so probably a bit of everything! (to tell the truth, i thought i'd already signed on, but i guess that was the drugs talking ;)) – Metanoid (talk, email) 01:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Blahark
Shoombooly Currently: Sort out Bat. Create articles for all bat species (subspecies not included unless notable). Add status system to as many Bat taxoboxes as possible. Why? Because bats have the coolest names
Drakesketchit
Ironho lds 01:40, 29 June 2008 (UTC). I've already created articles on all the missing species in the Arvicolinae subfamily, and am going to be doing so with the rest of the rodent subfamilies.
Carbon Rodney (Talk but be nice) 14:56, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Maias
Visionholder - lemur articles, as well as general evolution and ecology
Frickeg
Anaxial
Wiki User 68 ^(talk)
Bahia de Darwin - Expanding Stubs
Welbergen
Frosted Orange
Blind Eagle^{talk~contribs} 16:08, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Use a taxobox

In general, mammal entries should have taxoboxes. This is something we have inherited from the Tree of Life WikiProject, and is standard. If you don't know how to use a taxobox then leave a message on this talk page or the article's talk page.

[edit] Templates

[edit] 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. Additionally, species names are common nouns, so capitalizing them goes against the normative use of upper case in formal English prose. Capitalization will often not "feel" right to editors for these reasons. However, 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, but not otherwise. Thus: "The Tiger is a carnivore" but "three tigers were observed in the conservation area."

The third is 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.

[edit] Taxonomy

Because mammal taxonomy is constantly being revised and debated, there is no single "correct" taxonomy. In order to minimize inconsistencies and conflicts, this project generally defers to Mammal Species of the World: Third Edition (MSW3) as a taxonomic reference, unless it is superseded by an opinion of the ICZN such as the naming of domesticated species. Other exceptions may be made, however, for newly discovered species or taxonomic revisions with significant scientific consensus. For any exceptions to MSW3, please discuss on the relevant talk pages before making changes.

[edit] Talk pages

Place {{Mammal}} at the top of an article's talk page. This will help direct editors to this page for guidance. As monotremes and marsupials already have their own template, this can be placed alongside the other or not at all.

[edit] Articles needing attention

Requested moves

2 Jul 2009 – Move requested from Brants's Whistling Rat (talk) to Brants'_Whistling_Rat by Leegee23; see discussion.
1 Jul 2009 – Move requested from American Beaver (talk) to Canadian Beaver by Nbpolitico; see discussion.

Today's featured article

27 Jun 2009 – Hippopotamus (talk) was featured on the main page.

Copyright problems

4 Jul 2009 – Porcupine (talk) was tagged as a possible copyright infringement.

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