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Beamys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: Lesser hamster-rat (Beamys hindei) Greater hamster-rat (Beamys major)

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderRodentia
  5. FamilyNesomyidae
Observations recorded352

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
Family
Nesomyidae
Collections
FMNH, TM, HSU
Recorded in
Tanzania

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pouched rat
Image
Beamys hindei 156259379.jpg
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Category:Beamys
taxon name
Beamys
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Beamys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: Lesser hamster-rat (Beamys hindei) Greater hamster-rat (Beamys major)

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beamys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.