Talk:Gambian pouched rat

message: Despite this specie being mentioned in the article to be on of the largest muroids, there is no size data about the animal. also there is no data on lifespan and the fertility data is confusing. 86.17.109.17 (talk) 14:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: General lack of specific data

message: Currently:  "They have up to four litters every nine months with up to six offspring in each litter."
Why is it specifying the number of litters in nine months? Why not number of litters per year, or how frequently each litter occurs (every nine weeks? -- perhaps that "9" is getting confused?)? Or is there a 3 month infertile period per year and 9 months of fertility... ???
This was confusing for me also. I thought they were either having a litter every nine months or 1 every 2.25 months. This page suggests they have up to 9 litters annually though: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cricetomys_gambianus/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8400:FC40:98FA:9312:B2CF:8A90 (talk) 21:02, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing Fertility Period 

message: I've tagged the weight in the characteristics section (10-15 pounds, which I also translated to SI units earlier) as dubious.  Most other sources seem to disagree with this, although I'm struggling to find any that I'd consider authoritative.  Most pet suppliers specify a maximum of about 3kg (= about 6.6 pounds), as does Britannica.  If anyone has a *good* source for the weight, I'd suggest changing it to whatever that source says. JulesH (talk) 17:45, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals says body mass in Cricetomys is 1–1.4 kg. Ucucha 17:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

text: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web (refered from eol) says 1 to 1.47kg for Cricetomys gambianus  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.114.54.206 (talk) 07:47, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Former weight claim (10-15 pounds) was pure nonsense. Unfortunate that it has been allowed to stay up for this long since we now can expect various pages have copied it. Anyone claiming a weight significantly above the ones now provided (1-1,4 kg) should also provide a supporting citation that is high WP:RS. 212.10.90.238 (talk) 22:12, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious tag on weight 

message: I'm happy to see that someone has sewn very cute tartan hems onto this animal's pouches. Myles325a (talk) 02:24, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tartan hem 

message: I've just removed this sentence, "It is (along with other mammals) referred to by the pidgin name of "beef".
", as it is not said WHERE in Africa it is known by this name. --79.148.171.195 (talk) 21:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed pidgin name 

message: It would be interesting to have a section talking about the evolutionary history of the rat, as well as its domestication. Melquiades Babilonia (talk) 06:14, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of the Rats 

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