Baiyankamys habbema

(Tate & Archbold, 1941)

Mountain Water Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Baiyankamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1941-01-30. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 31. New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1101:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170626

Original name as described

Hydromys habbema

Other common names

Mountain Baiyankamys · New Guinea Mountain Water Rat

Type material

AMNH M-110055

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-110055

Type locality

"Lake Habbema, 15 km N Mt Wilhelmina, Netherlands New Guinea" (= 24 km N of Gunung Trikora, 3225 m, Pengunungan Maoke, Papua Province, Indonesia).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Hydromys to Baiyankamys

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M. (2005). The amphibious murines of New Guinea (Rodentia, Muridae): the generic status of Baiyankamys and description of a new species of Hydromys. Zootaxa, 913, 1-20.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003150

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hydromys habbema

(Tate & Archbold, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

habbema

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-110055

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-110055

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate & Archbold (1941:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11046)
  2. Tate (1951:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Baiyankamys habbema

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

habbema

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

679

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10311/22409959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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