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

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Nominator(s): PresN 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! --PresN 01:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• 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. --PresN 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]

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]

• Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:40, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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