Shaw Mayer's water rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 | |
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.
It is known as kuypep kuykuy-sek in the Kalam languageofPapua New Guinea.[2]
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)
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Lorentzimys Division |
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Maxomys Division |
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Hydromys shawmayeri |
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Baiyankamys shawmayeri |
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