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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Hypogeomys australis, Nesomys narindaensis, and Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis are the only known extinct rodents of Madagascar?
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Reviewer: SpinningSpark 14:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SpinningSpark invited me to comment here. The article is short and I would not overload it with lengthy definitions, but,
H. australis shows relatively high content of carbon-13 isotope, likely because it ate some plants which were enriched in carbon-13 through C4 carbon fixation and crassulacean acid metabolism; both of these photosynthesis-related processes occur most frequently in plants adapted to dry environments.
One more comment, Holocene Extinctions is free to read on google books. Why not linking it? Materialscientist (talk) 03:41, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]