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Shaw Mayer's water rat

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Shaw Mayer's water rat
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

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It is known as kuypep kuykuy-sek in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

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  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.