Beamys major Dollman 1914

Beamys major Dollman 1914, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 14: 428.

Type Locality: Malawi, Southern Region, Mulanje.

Vernacular Names: Greater Pouched Rat.

Distribution: Evergreen forest, 700-2000 m, in NE Zambia (Ansell, 1978) and Malawi (Ansell and Dowsett, 1988); possibly in Zambezia Dist., Mozambique (Smithers and Tello, 1976).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Most information on biology and ecology contained in the report of Hanney and Morris (1962).