Talk:Common vampire bat

message: The following two statements seem pretty contradictory (both from this articlebold
The groove in the lower lip and a groove in the under side of the tongue together forms a straw-like structure enabling the bat to suck up the blood rather than lap it.
:Have changed the wording somewhat to avoid the confusion - it may not be very elegant but it is important I think to dispel the common misapprehension that vampire bats sort of "latch" on to their "victims" and suck the blood directly out of them. Maybe someone could work out a more elegant way of saying all this???? John Hill 22:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: Yes, I have access to some of the original papers. The truth is that some people use capitals in the names (and not just in the headings), and some don't. Dr. Pawan apparently did not, while Dr. Greenhall capitalised all the common names in his articles. 
So, where does that get us? I believe that in this field (as opposed to ornithology) it is a matter of personal choice and, therefore, in this article at least we have three things to think of: 1. Clarity. As I mentioned above capitalising Common Vampire Bat prevents confusion with any old common vampire bat. Likewise, with the name False Vampire Bat it is immediately clear that we are talking of a species of bat not just any old false vampire bat. 2. Earliest use. If you go back to the earliest versions of this article in the history page, you will see that the name "Common Vampire Bat" is first used with capitals in this article, even in the text. So, what justification can be given for changing this? 3. Common use. More and more these days, one finds naturalists adopting the system pioneered by ornithologists of capitalising common names. I don't have a good field guide of bats here, but various recent field guides that I do have here of butterflies, plants, insects and mammals all capitalise the common names, and in a general guide to the wildlife of our region published by the Quensland Museum, Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland, ALL the animals have their common names capitalised, including all the many species of bats listed. This is also true of the books on wildlife written by naturalists (and I have many), most of whom capitalise the common names. So, with all these factors in favour of retaining the capitalisations, please leave them alone. In fact, I would call on taxonomists in all biological fields to follow the example of ornithologists years ago and insist that all common names be capitalised - to maintain conformity and promote clarity. Sincerely, John Hill (talk) 23:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You made a good case, I'll live it at that. LittleJerry (talk) 14:10, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Capitalisations of common names again

message: I started copy editing this article today for the GA re-review.  I've only done a few sections so far, but I had a few questions (quotes from this version):
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*"It can be found as far north as 175 mi from the US border." From the border in which direction?  I assumed it meant 175 miles south of the border, i.e. there are none of these bats in the US.  I converted miles to kilometers for the sake of consistency.
*"Vampire bats can thermoregulate down to 0°C." Do you mean that they can lower their body temperature to zero degrees at will? Or that they can survive in temperatures as low as zero degrees?  I assumed the latter.
I'll finish the rest up tomorrow.  I may have overstepped the bounds of copy-editor in some cases. I completely changed a couple sentences describing their hair color, for instance, but I based my changes on the sources provided, and I added footnotes to whatever changes I did make.  It's been my pleasure working on this article so far, and I certainly appreciate all the work that you (all) have done to get it to this point.  I hope to see this through to GA status.  I'm a newb when it comes to copy-editing, so any constructive criticism would be appreciated.  Cheers. Braincricket (talk) 07:43, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks so much for your good work here. There is no need to apologize if you have just made changes backed by the sources which make the article clearer and more accurate. Good work! I am sorry I am not able to help you with your questions above except to say that, as far as I can determine, the Common Vampire Bat has not been found in U.S. territory. Best wishes, John Hill (talk) 08:47, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy edit for GA review 

message: D. puntajudensis was recognised as a synonym of this species, formerly an article and now redirecting here. Included in that article is the following 
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… which may need to be noted in the distribution range of the species, as I note above this was previously excluded as a separate species. cygnis insignis 06:30, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  synonymy 

message: common vampire bat species.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.184.83.1 (talk) 15:11, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  bat