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 rodent The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families excep ...

s 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.Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. ''A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes''. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.

References

Old World rats and mice Rodents of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Mammals described in 1906 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Rodents of New Guinea {{Murinae-stub de:Bergschwimmratte eu:Parahydromys asper fr:Parahydromys asper it:Parahydromys asper lt:Kalninės vandeninės žiurkės nl:Parahydromys sr:Parahydromys asper zh:粗毛水鼠屬