New Guinea waterside rat

New Guinea waterside rat; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Parahydromys; Poche, 1906
Species:	P. asper
Binomial name
	Parahydromys asper; (Thomas, 1906)
	Distribution map on New Guinea

The New Guinea waterside rat (Parahydromys asper) is the only member of 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."

Names[]

It is known as godmg or nyabap in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.^[2]

References[]

^ 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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[iucn-1] 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.

[Kalam-Pawley-2] Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.

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New Guinea waterside rat Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Parahydromys Poche, 1906
Species:	P. asper
Binomial name
*Parahydromys asper* (Thomas, 1906)

Distribution map on New Guinea