Beamys

Short description: Genus of rodents

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 hindei
Beamys major

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

* Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=.

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