Lesser hamster-rat

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Lesser hamster-rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Genus: Beamys
Species:
B. hindei
Binomial name
Beamys hindei
Thomas, 1909

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. [1] It is threatened by habitat loss. Oldfield Thomas named it in honor of Sidney Langford Hinde, a British officer and recreational naturalist. [2] :191

References

  1. 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.
  2. Beolens, B., Watkins, M., & Grayson, M. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. JHU Press.

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