Lesser Hamster-Rat

Taxobox
name = Lesser Hamster-rat
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Nesomyidae
genus = "Beamys"
species = "B. hindei"
binomial = "Beamys hindei"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1909
synonyms = The Lesser Hamster-rat or Long-tailed Pouched Rat ("Beamys hindei") is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Howell, K. & Oguge, N. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/2676/all Beamys hindei] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*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.