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Altogether, Figure~\ref{fig:quench_times} indicates a complex dependence of the environmental quenching timescale on satellite $\mstar$.  Specifically, the typical timescale for satellites in the MW/M31 halos increases with $\mstar$, from $\lesssim1\gyr$ at $\mstar<10^7\msun$ to $\sim5\gyr$ at $\mstar\approx10^{8.5}\msun$.  \citet{Wheeler2014} indicate that this mass dependence continues, though with a rapid increase ($\sim2\times$) to $\approx9.5\gyr$, and no change from $\mstar\approx10^{8.5}$ to $10^{9.5}\msun$.  This rapid increase implies some tension with our results based on the two quiescent satellites of M31, NGC 205 and M32 ($\mstar\approx10^{8.5}\msun$), unless both experienced unusually early infall $< replace_contentlt;  9.5\gyr$ ago or M31 quenched its satellites much more rapidly than the (more massive) hosts in \citet{Wheeler2014}. %(\citeauthor{Wheeler2014}'s results are consistent with the star-forming LMC/SMC of the MW.)  At higher $\mstar$, \citet{Wetzel2013} indicate that the quenching timescale rapidly \emph{decreases} by $5\times10^9\msun$ and continues to decline with increasing $\mstar$.  Overall, the typical environmental quenching timescales are shortest for the lowest-mass satellites and are longest for satellites with $\mstar\sim10^9\msun$, roughly Magellanic-Cloud mass. the masses of the Magellanic Clouds.