Beamys
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| Beamys Fossil range: Recent |
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Beamys is a genus of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It contains the following species:
- Lesser Hamster-rat (Beamys hindei)
- Greater Hamster-rat (Beamys major)
[edit] References
- 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.

