Baiyankamys shawmayeri Hinton 1943

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

• 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.