Shaw Mayer's water rat

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.

Shaw Mayer's water rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Baiyankamys
Species:
B. shawmayeri
Binomial name
Baiyankamys shawmayeri
(Hinton, 1943)
Synonyms

Hydromys shawmayeri

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. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.