Beamys
Appearance
Beamys | |
---|---|
Beamys hindei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Nesomyidae |
Subfamily: | Cricetomyinae |
Genus: | Beamys Thomas, 1909 |
Species | |
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
[edit]- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.