| Lesser hamster-rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Genus: | Beamys |
| Species: | B. hindei
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| Binomial name | |
| Beamys hindei Thomas, 1909
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The lesser hamster-rat or long-tailed pouched rat (Beamys hindei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland coastal forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Oldfield Thomas named it in honor of Sidney Langford Hinde, a British officer and recreational naturalist.
References
- ^ Monadjem, Ara; Taylor, Peter J.; Denys, Christiane; Cotterill, Fenton P.D. (2015-01-16). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa. doi:10.1515/9783110301915. ISBN 978-3-11-030166-3.
- ^ Beolens, B., Watkins, M., & Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press.
Sources
- Howell, K. & Oguge, N. 2004. Beamys hindei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
