Beamys Thomas 1909

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 931

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Beamys Thomas 1909
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Beamys Thomas 1909 View in CoL

Beamys Thomas 1909 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 107.

Type Species: Beamys hindei Thomas 1909

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Beamys hindei Thomas 1909

Species Beamys major Dollman 1914

Discussion: Cricetomyini, new rank. Two species have been generally recognized as originally described (e.g., G. M. Allen, 1939; Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman et al., 1953; Hanney, 1965; Misonne, 1974), until Hubbard (1970), without presentation of data, suggested their synonymy, a classification adopted by some (e.g., Ansell, 1978; Ansell and Ansell, 1973; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Honacki et al., 1982) but not others ( Musser and Carleton, 1993). Ansell and Ansell (1973), while following Hubbard’s opinion, did present limited measurements that demonstrate the uniformly larger size of major compared with hindei . The number of species, their morphological discrimination, and vouchered distribution deserve the attention of a full generic revision. Emphasis should be given to those Beamys populations that occur in the Eastern Arc Mtns, whether more closely related to major proper from uplands in NE Zambia and Malawi or to hindei from lower dry coastal forest in SE Kenya and E Tanzania.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Loc

Beamys Thomas 1909

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Beamys

Thomas 1909: 107
1909
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