Shaw Mayer's Baiyankamys
Baiyankamys shawmayeri Hinton, 1943
Also calledRat de Shaw Mayer (fra) · Shaw-MayerSchwimmratte (deu) · myš Shawmayerova (ces) · papuabobrek wschodni (pol) · papuanvesirotta (fin) · Östliche Neuguinea-Schwimmratte (deu) · Östliche Schwimmratte (deu) · ニューギニアミズネズミ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Most records are from streamsides within mountainous landscape that regionally supports lower and upper montane tropical forests. Habitat around highest elevation at which Shaw Mayer’s Water Rat has been recorded, at Lake Aunde (Mount Wilhelm, Western Highlands Province), is subalpine scrub and tussock grassland. Elevational range of precisely localized specimens is 1980 m (Baiyanka, Eastern Highlands Province) to 3597 m (Lake Aunde).
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
breeding
Breeding. Mammary formula (two pairs) indicates small litter size. Individuals have been dug from burrows located in streamside banks.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. There is little anthropogenic disturbance in New Guinea at elevations above 2000 m.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5786676.