Biology:Shaw Mayer's water rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Shaw Mayer's water rat
Scientific classification edit
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.[2]

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 (IUCN) 2016: e.T10314A115097322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10314A22410031.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10314/0. Retrieved 13 December 2017. 
  2. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.

Wikidata ☰ Q301917 entry