Ernst Mayr's water rat

Ernst Mayr's water rat (Leptomys ernstmayri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, named for evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr. It is found in the Foja Mountains of Papua Province, Indonesia, and in the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Ernst Mayr's water rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Leptomys
Species:	L. ernstmayri
Binomial name
Leptomys ernstmayri Rümmler, 1932
Distribution map of L. ernstmayri and other species of Leptomys on New Guinea:   Leptomys ernstmayri