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Shaw Mayer's water rat

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Species of rodent

Shaw Mayer's water rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Baiyankamys
Species: B. shawmayeri
Binomial name
Baiyankamys shawmayeri
Hinton, 1943
Synonyms

Hydromys shawmayeri

Shaw Mayer's water rat (Baiyankamys shawmayeri) is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the mountains of Papua New Guinea.

Names

It is known as kuypep kuykuy-sek in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D. & Allison, A. (2016). "Baiyankamys shawmayeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T10314A115097322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10314A22410031.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)
Hadromys
Division
Hadromys
(Manipur bush rat)
Hybomys
Division
Dephomys
(Defua rats)
Hybomys
(Hump-nosed mice)
Stochomys
Hydromys
Division
Baiyankamys
Crossomys
Hydromys
(Water rats)
Microhydromys
Parahydromys
Paraleptomys
Lorentzimys
Division
Lorentzimys
Malacomys
Division
Malacomys
(Big-eared swamp rats)
Maxomys
Division
Maxomys
(Rajah rats)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Hydromys shawmayeri
Baiyankamys shawmayeri


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