''Beamys'' is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...

in the family

Nesomyidae The Nesomyidae are a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar. Included in this family are Malagasy rodents, ...

. It contains the following species: * Lesser hamster-rat (''Beamys hindei'') * Greater hamster-rat (''Beamys major'')

References

* Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{muroid-stub