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Rose-Tu and Tula-Tu ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:48, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all, I looked around for a general idea of the best way to write these but didn't come to a clear conclusion. Aiming for consistency. I'm working on lagomorph articles at random and would like to get clear input on what the best way to start the article is. Many of these I've worked on so far start with "Common name (Scientific name) is a species of mammal in family Leporidae". (Jameson's red rock hare, Smith's red rock hare, other red rock hares) However, there are other articles that opt for different first sentences: Amami rabbit starts "...a dark-furred species of rabbit found only on..." and European hare with "is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia". For pikas, many of the articles start with either "is a species of pika" (American pika) or "is a species of mammal in the pika family/Ochotonidae" (Helan Shan pika, Manchurian pika) Is there an ideal solution? Thank you!! Reconrabbit 01:27, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The most common opening sentence for any species (not just lagomorphs or mammals) has "...is a species of common-name-of-well-known-higher-group in the family...". The well-known-higher-group is often something at the rank of order or class. So there are sentences such as "species of bat in the family...." or "species of centipede in the family...".

I don't think lagmorphs are a particularly well known higher group; rabbit and pika might be better known terms, but I think mammal works fine as well. Plantdrew (talk) 01:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. The question of consistency came up in a review of Bunyoro rabbit whether it should be, across all rabbit articles perhaps, "...is a species of rabbit in the family Leporidae." In hares, "...is a species of hare in the family Leporidae." And, in pikas, "...is a species of pika in the family Ochotonidae." The last one is a little awkward because Ochotonidae and Pika link to the same place. That should probably be split into order and genus (Ochotonidae, Ochotona), but both concepts are muddled together and it would be tough to pull them apart. Reconrabbit 14:53, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As a first impression of the examples, if rabbit (or other group) is in the name, and the species is a rabbit, saying "is a rabbit" reads as redundant. Mammal seems preferable in that case. The "dark-furred species of rabbit" of Amami rabbit reads as a better integration of the link, as it provides additional information. CMD (talk) 15:50, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then "species of rabbit" may be more useful for the red rock hares, which are rabbits, and "species of hare" would be useful for the jackrabbits, which are hares? And thus species of mammal or a further-qualified "species of X..." works better for the rabbits which are rabbits and the hares that are hares? Reconrabbit 17:12, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with that, "is a species of rabbit" would be very useful if the common name includes "hare", or some other similar combination, or doesn't include an English-language indication of taxonomic group (eg. Santa Marta tapeti). CMD (talk) 04:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, if anyone's interested, I would really appreciate someone taking a look at this peer review I just started for the Bosavi woolly rat article. Cheers! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 19:51, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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John Cummings (talk) 17:42, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a current discussion regarding categorisation of fossil animals going on at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Palaeontology#Categorization proposal. Any opinions/voices are welcome. Lavalizard101 (talk) 23:44, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]