''Coccymys shawmayeri'' is a

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

in the family of Muridae native to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

. The species was described in 2009.

References

* ; 2009. Systematic Reviews of New Guinea ''Coccymys'' and ''“Melomys” albidens'' (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of New Taxa. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 329: 1–139. Coccymys Mammals described in 2009 {{Muridae-stub