Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Animals

"Possibly living animals"

The article Fred Basset (greyhound) lists this animal as 21 years old. The dog is surely dead by now. We need a system like Category:Possibly living people, but for animals, so that we can (automatically?) track cases like this. ~2026-26064-61 (talk) 09:39, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Specific name (zoology)#Requested move 24 April 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Specific name (zoology)#Requested move 24 April 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 09:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Sponge#Requested move 22 May 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sponge#Requested move 22 May 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Chess enjoyer (talk) 22:59, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Question about Taxobox

I am reviewing Draft:Meandrina jacksoni and I have a question about the taxobox. Why does the taxobox display no taxonomic ranks between the phylum and the genus?

I'm a chemist, not a zoologist, but I know what the hierarchy is in biology. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:05, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't know the exact reason, but it was related to the fact that that was a manual taxobox. I converted it to the more commonly used speciesbox, and now it's displaying normally. Chess enjoyer (talk) 02:19, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Sometimes it isn't necessary to know what caused a problem if you know how to fix it. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:47, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

The parameter names were wrong. The {{taxobox}} uses Latin names for ranks, so |phylum= and |genus= were valid parameter names, but it needed to use |classis=, |ordo= and |familia= for the intermediate ranks.  —  Jts1882 | talk  05:56, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Amphiesmenoptera § Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2026

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Amphiesmenoptera § Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2026. Jako96 (talk) 20:34, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Dicondylia § Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2026

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Dicondylia § Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2026. Jako96 (talk) 20:35, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Cyclorrhapha § Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2026

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Cyclorrhapha § Template-protected edit request on 28 May 2026. Jako96 (talk) 20:36, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pleocola limnoriae#Requested move 19 June 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pleocola limnoriae#Requested move 19 June 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Chess enjoyer (talk) 04:46, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Injury, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 June 2026 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team

Trying a new format for Acanthocephalans

I'm wondering if anyone would like to comment on a new format I'm developing for acanthocephalan genera. If you have any time and interest, let me know what you think of the table especially: Apororhynchus. Mattximus (talk) 17:31, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

"Parastygarctus biungulatus" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Parastygarctus biungulatus has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 June 30 § Parastygarctus species until a consensus is reached. Chess enjoyer (talk) 02:32, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:IUCN Red List data deficient species (Cnidaria)#Requested move 25 June 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:IUCN Red List data deficient species (Cnidaria)#Requested move 25 June 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 1isall (talk | contribs) 18:42, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Flying and gliding animals contains a number of instances of improperly formatted taxonomic terms

Flying and gliding animals contains 20 or 30 instances of improperly formatted taxonomic terms. I've fixed a couple of these but others are left.

-- Oblonng (talk) 23:11, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Gnathifera (Spiralia)#Requested move 3 July 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gnathifera (Spiralia)#Requested move 3 July 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Chess enjoyer (talk) 03:33, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

RfC: Changes to goat breed infobox

I am proposing minor changes to this infobox for the sake of consistency across articles. Please see Template talk:Infobox goat breed and the example at Template:Infobox goat breed/sandbox. ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 20:38, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Livestock project

Is there any interest in forming a sub WikiProject Livestock? This could potentially include any animals commonly raised for food and possibly labor, with the exception of equines since they're already covered. WikiProject Poultry could be subsumed since it appears to be defunct. ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 20:44, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

There is Wikipedia:WikiProject Agriculture/Livestock task force, although it was never very active. Plantdrew (talk) 01:16, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life § Template:Taxobox

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tree of Life § Template:Taxobox. Jako96 (talk) 13:53, 28 August 2026 (UTC)