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.

Original name as described

Beamys hindei

Other common names

Hinde's Pouched Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.6.12.23

Type kind

holotype

Type 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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