Greater Pouched Rat
Beamys major Dollman, 1914
Also calledGrand Rat-hamster (fra) · Grol (deu)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.14 p.428
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Most information on biology and ecology contained in the report of Hanney and Morris (1962).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
distribution
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).
Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae
activity
Activity patterns. The Greater Long-tailed Pouched Rat is nocturnal. It is mostly terrestrial but may also climb, using its prehensile tail to assist with negotiating thin branches.
Nesomyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Montane and riparian forests typically at elevations of 500 - 1000 m.
Nesomyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437731.