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I've recently brought here. There are eight historically known species, five (with a little bit of hope for a sixth) of which are still around. They live in all kinds of wet habitats from New Jersey to
Venezuela. This article summarizes what we know about the eight species (of which currently four
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Thanks for reviewing. I should warn you that if you do a literature check, a lot of results won't be applicable due to the 2006 redefinition and some earlier ones—just about anything from South
America applies to other genera, for example.
146:. The problem there (as with many other parts of this article) is that there is little that discusses the genus in general, so it's hard to make general statements. For example, one of the differences between the marsh rice rat and
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Yes, otherwise it would sound like "hind foot without ... interdigital webbing". I don't think there's any definite record that they lack it, and
Sanchez et al. include the presence of webs in the diagnosis.
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Not in the papers I've read. I suspect it may have something to do with getting rid of sperm from a previous mating. I guess it may also explain why female marsh rice rats don't like mating.
429:"A possible Oryzomys has been recorded from the Irvingtonian (Pleistocene) of Saskatchewan." Hey, that's my back yard! Should I be looking for rat fossils when I dig up my garden this year?
522:, which turned up almost 1300 results in the ISI Web of Knowledge. It appears all the important papers post 2006 have been included, so I'm satisfied with respect to criteria 1b/c.
316:"…and most were at one time included in the marsh rice rat" sounds a bit odd to me… how about "were considered the marsh rice rat" (or something similar, to eliminate "included")
326:"…was soon applied to a wide range of American rodents, including over a hundred species." maybe "was soon applied to a over a hundred species of American rodents." ?
453:"The next year, Delton Hanson and colleagues published a study using DNA sequence data to assess relationships within Oryzomys." what gene(s) did they use?
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114:(I'll review properly when I get the chance): even though it would probably breach every convention of biological writing, might it be useful to have a
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Done; I simply limited the statement about the difference in color to the marsh rice rat and also added something about the cusps of the upper molars.
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Done, though the next reviewer might chide me for overlinking. There are various other anatomical terms for which the same is true, by the way.
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It's standard wording in this context; your wording would sound to me like the species were first described in 2006.
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I can't find anything else to comment on other than (nitpicky) stylistic preferences in prose, so am supporting.
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I would be much interested to see the fossil that record was based on, though I'm rather skeptical it's really
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Done for mangroves; I think we can assume readers know what the Andes are, just as we assume for countries.
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Do you mean the Red List refs? That is the format they recommend for citing. Thanks for the check!
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257:"vibrissae" is the term of the literature
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