Shaw Mayer's water rat
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Shaw Mayer's water rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Baiyankamys |
Species: | B. shawmayeri
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Binomial name | |
Baiyankamys shawmayeri Hinton, 1943
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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.[2]
References
- ^ Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D. & Allison, A. (2016). "Baiyankamys shawmayeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T10314A115097322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10314A22410031.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1334. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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