The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that although the bat Myotis alcathoe was only described in 2001, it is now known to range widely across Europe?
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"… its known distribution has since expanded to Spain, England, Sweden, and Azerbaijan, among other countries." Why are these countries being singled out for mention in the lead if it's in other Euro countries as well? Giving boundaries I suppose. Still, it's short in comparison to how long that section is in the article.
The lead is somewhat expanded now, but I don't think there's much more to be said about distribution.
"… usually reddish brown above and brown below." hyphen for reddish brown, and Nikkimaria's point about above and below was a good one; I pass by this phrase without really thinking about it because I'm familiar with it now after reading so many of your articles, but I think it might be confusing to fresh readers.
Done.
"M. alcathoe has a very high-frequency echolocation call, which terminates at a frequency of about 43 kHz." Can you remove the second mention of frequency like so "… which terminates at about 43 kHz."? And I'm unfamiliar with bat calls… does it "terminating" imply that the call starts out at a different frequency? (Having read more, I see that this is true… but it should probably be explained for the lead)
Clarified.
link deciduous forest or (old-growth forest); canopy
Done.
the lead could be longer; how about including its mass and wingspan
Expanded.
"German zoologists O. von Helversen and K.-G. Heller" other scientists in this section are given by their full name
"Although it also differs from other species in the group" what is "the group"? The genus?
This refers to the "M. mystacinus group", which is not a natural group but rather a set of species that look very much like each other, but are not closely related. The species relevant to this article are M. alcathoe itself, M. brandtii (which is only distantly related, as it is actually closer to American Myotis than to other Eurasian species), and M. mystacinus, but there are others that also look almost the same, and generally are also a taxonomic mess. I've now used the term "whiskered bats" consistently to refer to any member of this group. Ucucha01:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
link haplotype
Used "sequence" instead, which is probably more precise (both groups comprise several slightly different haplotypes). Ucucha01:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"(separated by 1.3 to 1.4%)" specify sequence variation (if that's what it is)
"The fur is brownish, with a reddish tone in old specimens, above and a slightly paler gray-brown below." The "above" seems out of place, wouldn't it work better right before the first comma?
Changed.
How long are the hairs on the underside of the body?
Not recorded.
link gland
Done.
"lighter on the in- than the outside." The MoS prefers that we don't use hanging hyphens.
Yes... Using a hanging hyphen seems more natural to me, but I've changed it here.
"The baculum (penis bone) is about 0.5 mm long and has the sides well developed." "well-developed" -> (hyphen) I can't really image the difference between a well-developed and undeveloped bone… does the former have more ridges and protrusions or something?
My virtual collection of the interiors of bat penises doesn't seem to include any M. ikonnikoviorM. brandtii (the species alcathoe's baculum is compared to), so I can't be sure, but compared to the baculum of Myotis annamiticus, it seems that it's mainly just narrower in alcathoe. The next sentence already says that, so I've removed the phrase. Ucucha01:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
link cusp
Done.
"… differs from both M. mystacinus and M. brandtii in the pattern of active nucleolus organizer regions on the chromosomes." any more details you could give about this without getting too technical?
It will probably get quite technical, and is not of much relevance, since I doubt anyone still cares much about NORs. None of the sources I have go in any detail; Volleth (1987) probably does, but I don't have it. Ucucha01:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
link ms
Done.
link kHz (in lead too I guess)
Done.
"The high-pitched call may be an adaptation to the animal's occurrence in dense vegetation." please explain how
Well, high frequency means short wavelength, and therefore presumably better orientation in a complex landscape. However, the source does not go into any detail. Ucucha01:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
link tibia
Done.
gloss alluvial forest
Done.
the adjacent Croatian and Czech Republic distribution sentences start out conspicuously identical.
Reworded.
"The species was recorded around 2009." What does this mean? We're not sure, and it might have been 2008 or 2010?
The source said it was "recently" recorded. I don't especially like the current wording either, but couldn't think of anything better.
"it was realized that this bat represents" passive voice
@Ucucha and Sasata: Amazing article. I noticed there's a red-link (interwikilink to article that doesn't exist) to alluvial forests (forests near river). If it's appropriate to substitute a link to Riparian forests (which is a more general concept than, but includes, forest-near-river, just throwing that out there for consideration, because there is a wikipedia article for Riparian forest. I'm definitely not qualified to make the judgment. Thanks for the article!G1729 (talk) 06:46, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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