The New Guinea waterside rat (Parahydromys asper) is the only species in the genus Parahydromys. It is considered part of the New Guinea Old Endemics, meaning its ancestors were part of the first wave of murine rodents to colonize the island. It is commonly called the "Guinea rat".
| New Guinea waterside rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Parahydromys Poche, 1906 |
| Species: | P. asper
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| Binomial name | |
| Parahydromys asper (Thomas, 1906)
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| Distribution map on New Guinea | |
Names
editIt is known as godmg or nyabap in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
edit- ^ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K. (2008). "Parahydromys asper". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16114A5390080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16114A5390080.en.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
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