Talk:Rattus hainaldi

Requested move 4 October 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 19:44, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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Hainald's rat → Rattus hainaldi – This supposed commonname appears to be barely used if at all, it has zero results on scholar. [1]. In this case, the species name is the preferred title. Hemiauchenia (talk) 23:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support. Rattus hainaldi is more commonly used than "Hainald's rat" (or another vernacular name, "Hainald’s Flores Island rat"). There is unlikely to be a single English vernacular name that is more commonly used than the scientific name for any organism that: a) doesn't occur in an English speaking country, b) was relatively recently determined to be a distinct species by scientists, and c) which belongs to a group of organisms (rodents) considered uncharismatic by the general public. It is is not Wikipedia's place to put it's thumb on the scale and attempt to popularize a vernacular name that is not commonly used. Plantdrew (talk) 01:38, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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