Talk:Drymoreomys

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that although the Brazilian rodent Drymoreomys has traits that suggest it lives in trees, it is usually captured on the ground?

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Diet?

I wonder if anything can be said about the diet of these creatures? Are they herbivorous, omnivorous, or carnivorous? Lots of insects available I suppose. This may be obvious from the dentition, but I don't really know enough to be able to read that reliably. Anyhow, if we can say anything at all about it (even "unknown"), I think it would improve the article. Thanks. Wwheaton (talk) 03:56, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing in the sources, not even enough to say the diet is unknown. It most likely eats vegetable material such as seeds, but that's OR. Ucucha (talk) 12:19, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

From ?

I know this way of expressing is common, but is it good? Is it correct? The article says that Drymoreomys is FROM South America. To my understanding that means it has now traveled somewhere else. But surely it wasn't the intention to say that. So why don't we rather say that it lives in South America? That is what we mean, right? What distinction are we expressing with this choice of a (formally) ambiguous formulation? --Ettrig (talk) 08:20, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't sound odd to me, but what do I know. I probably chose to use "from" rather than "in" to avoid repeating the preposition "in" in the lead sentence. Ucucha (talk) 12:21, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This "answer" in no way addresses the concerns I raised. Wictionary says "from" is used in a situation where there are two places, the origin or source and the destination. In this case there is only one area. --Ettrig (talk) 14:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Drymoreomys albimaculatus 002.jpg to appear as POTD

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Drymoreomys albimaculatus 002.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on March 22, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-03-22. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:42, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Drymoreomys is a genus of South American rodent represented by a single species, D. albimaculatus. First formally described in 2011, the species prefers dense, moist, montane and premontane forest. Morphological evidence suggests they are tree dwellers.Photo: Luís Funez

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