Beamys hindei
O. Thomas, 1909
Hinde's Long-tailed Pouched Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Cricetomyinae |
| Genus | : Beamys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1909-08-01. New African small mammals in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(20):98-112.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097483Original name as described
Beamys hindei
Other common names
Hinde's Pouched Rat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1909.6.12.23
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f41b010-ae0a-4cb4-a0ba-b23ebdca1d4bType locality
"Taveta, Coast region [= Kenya], British East Africa. Alt. 2000' [= 610 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Kenya · Tanzania
Taxonomy notes
has included B. major, but most recently publications recognize it as a distinct species
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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