Greater Hamster-Rat

Taxobox
name = Greater Hamster-rat
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Nesomyidae
genus = "Beamys"
species = "B. major"
binomial = "Beamys major"
binomial_authority = Dollman, 1914
synonyms = The Greater Hamster-rat, Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat, or Long-tailed Pouched Rat ("Beamys major") is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Howell, K., Oguge, N. & Chitaukali, W. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/2677/all Beamys major] . [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.