Talk:Tufted ground squirrel
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Tree squirrel? Really?
editAccording to the Tree squirrel article, this is one of the species listed as a tree squirrel. The IUCN link in the article to this species says that it primarily dwells in hilly forested habitiat, which might mean that it is either a tree squirrel, or (as its common name implies) a ground squirrel that lives in forested areas. Does anyone know for sure whether it is a tree squirrel (primarily dwelling in forest canopies) or not? Thanks. --Saukkomies talk 23:29, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
- I listed it as a tree squirrel because Britannica did so. However, it appears that it does live mainly on the ground [1]. Ucucha 01:24, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
- Do you think we should remove it from the list of tree squirrels? --Saukkomies talk 12:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
- No—verifiability, not truth. Unless we find a better source, that is. Ucucha 13:01, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Folklore
editI'm noticing the lack of any references on the folklore sentence in the introduction. One of the older newspaper articles that used to be referenced here pointed to this scientific paper [2] (Note it is a downloadable PDF.) Sawyeke (talk) 21:19, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
- See paras 2 and 3 in the "Natural history" section. Actually, strictly speaking citations are not required in the introduction (see WP:CITELEAD). Prioryman (talk) 21:24, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Potentially false information
editthe paragraph discussing the squirrel attacking deer seems to be unproven and the reference (#8) is very clearly not a legitimate site although it pretends to be a scientific journal. 69.248.214.88 (talk) 23:40, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- yk, I'm with IP, I tried finding more information and I could find legends about the carnivorous squirrel, but not too much actual information. There's a new scientist article about their dietary habits being primarily seeds, but I couldn't get past the paywall to confirm anything. Ultimately I think that mentioning myths/folklore/etc about it is worthwhile, it'd just be a matter of updating the page.
- I'm not willing to say that The Journal of Asian Biodiversity is illegitimate however. They claim to be published by the University of Indonesia, Research Center for Climate Change (RCCC), Faculty of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (FMIPA). Asian Scientific Journals has it listed on their index, I found a few articles from it on research gate, so its not completely unknown. All of this might be meaningless; after all I looked at the new scientist, which some people consider a junk publication.
- Anyway, if someone with more experience (and can read articles with paywalls) wants to take a look, please do so!
- ```` SomethingDynamite (talk) 20:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)