Talk:Sardinian pika

message: As far as I know, the "Corsican Pika" does not exist and has never existed except as a population of P. sardus. A quick Google search returns only Wikipedia and its clones. The third edition of Mammal Species of the World does not comment on it, but gives the distribution of P. sardus as Corsica and Sardinia, so I'm going to redirect the Corsican beast. Ucucha (talk) 15:09, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: --Node 18:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that's one link. I think MSW 3 is a much better source than some "extinct mammals" site. They also list a few species that aren't extinct at all, probably. Ucucha (talk) 20:10, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: , ... not just one site now, but a few. (lagomys is an alias of prolagus) --Node 03:06, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither is very confincing. Lagomys is an outdated synonym; the fact that Lagomys corsicanus is more commonly encountered than Prolagus corsicanus is telling. Ucucha (talk) 14:18, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Most authors now see the Sardinian and Corsican animal as one and the same animal. Peter Maas 09:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct. But "It is the only animal belonging to the genus Prolagus" is wrong - there were some 10 more! Corrected, but genus article (even a stub) should be made! Dysmorodrepanis 08:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So add them as appropriate. Do not have redirects point to the source article. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do not revert the edit. The way it was is "orthographically" wrong as per taxobox SOP. I have reinstated the outcommented information, but I shall add the species when I have time. Or maybe you do it; source is here ("Reptile"). Prolagidae should redir to Prolagus if I'm not mistaken. Dysmorodrepanis 23:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't open that file. As things stand, the taxobox is correct. There is one extant species, so this article is correctly about the (extant) family, genus and species. - UtherSRG (talk) 01:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, no no! There is no extant species and the genus is NOT monotypic (as indicated by bolding and lack of link). You can open the file using the password "Reptile". Dysmorodrepanis 01:17, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dysmorodrepanis is very right! There is indeed no extant species and this genus is indeed not monotypic. I've created a page for Prolagidae and Prolagus (including some more species) redirects to there. If it need to the other way round, feel free to change it. Peter Maas\talk 11:29, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Good work and thanks. Peter Maas\talk 15:19, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Corsican Pika"? 

message: What is the reference for this? There is no reference given and I know of no suggestions that it is still alive in the literature.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.197.5.20 (talk) 15:50, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference is (G. Amori pers. comm. 2006). You can find this info at: IUCN 2007. Prolagus sardus. In: IUCN 2007. European Mammal Assessment http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/ema/species/prolagus_sardus.htm. Downloaded on 19 January 2008. Peter Maas\talk 11:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern survival 

message: Can the DNA be extracted? Does the Sardinian pika have a living relative? Is it possible to resurrect this species? Scottishwildcat12 (talk) 03:17, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cloning possible? 

message: "...giant rats whose burrows are so abundant that one might think the surface of the soil had been recently turned over by pigs..."
Well, that's the English. What's the  original text? Please let me know. --Corsican Warrah (talk) 15:21, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: I tried finding the original text for Francesco Cetti's presumed sighting of the Sardinian pika, but I couldn't. Can anyone help me? I need to know to see if there is any relevant text surrounding that quotation that can be added to the article. The quotation is "giant rats whose burrows are so abundant that one might think the surface of the soil had been recently turned over by pigs", from the Storia Naturale di Sardegna (natural history of Sardinia). --Corsican Warrah (talk) 21:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You can find a modern reproduction of the book at sardegnacultura.it - the original quote is on pages 190-191, and gives much information about Cetti's observations. Cardioceras (talk) 02:05, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotation problem