Baiyankamys

Baiyankamys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Baiyankamys
Hinton, 1943
Species

Baiyankamys habbema
Baiyankamys shawmayeri

Baiyankamys is a genus of amphibious murid rodents. It was originally described, along with the species Baiyankamys shawmayeri by Hinton in 1943 after he found the remains of a single individual in south east of the Bismarck Mountain Range, north east New Guinea. Tate, in 1951 and, Laurie and Hill in 1954, confirmed the existence of both the species and genus.[1]

Distribution of the murine rodent genera Baiyankamys, Crossomys and Hydromys (except for the widespread Hydromys chrysogaster) on New Guinea
  1. ^ Mahoney, J.A. (1968). "Baiyankamys Hinton, 1943 (Muridae, Hydromyinae), a New Guinea rodent genus named for 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.