Baiyankamys shawmayeri
Hinton, 1943
Shaw Mayer's 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
Authority citation
Hinton, M.A.C. 1943-09-01. Preliminary diagnoses of five new murine rodents from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10(68):552-557.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1943.9728040Original name as described
Baiyankamys shawmayeri
Other common names
Shaw Mayer's Baiyankamys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1947.1173
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Baiyanka, Purari-Ramu Divide, south-east Bismarck Range, North-east New Guinea [= Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea], 6500 feet [= 1981 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
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
Least Concern
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