Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Baiyankamys
Species: Baiyankamys shawmayeri
Name
Baiyankamys shawmayeri Hinton, 1943: 552
Lectotype: BMNH 1947.1173, adult ♂, skin and skull. [designated by Mahoney (1968: 67)]
Type locality: “Baiyanka, Purari-Ramu Divide, South-East Bismarck Range, North-East New Guinea [=Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea]. Altitude 6500 ft [=1980 m.].”
Combinations
Hydromys shawmayeri: Flannery, 1995 [name combination]
References
Primary references
Hinton, M.A.C. 1943. Preliminary diagnoses of five new murine rodents from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 11, 10(68): 552–557. DOI: 10.1080/03745481.1943.9728040 Reference page.
Mahoney, J. A. 1968. Baiyankamys Hinton, 1943 (Muridae, Hydromyinae), a New Guinea rodent genus named from an incorrectly associated skin and skull (Hydromyinae, Hydromys) and mandible (Murinae, Rattus). Mammalia 32(1): 64–71. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1968.32.1.64 Reference page.
Additional references
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. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Links
Hydromys shawmayeri in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Helgen, K., Wright, D. & Allison, A. 2016. IUCN: Baiyankamys shawmayeri (Least Concern). (errata version published in 2017) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T10314A115097322. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10314A22410031.en
Vernacular names
English: 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.
Names
It is known as kuypep kuykuy-sek in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
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.
Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1334. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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