Birkamys is an extinct monotypic genus of phiomorph rodent that lived in North Africa during the Priabonian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Etymology The generic name Birkamys is composed of the roots birka, meaning swamp in Arabic, and mys, meaning mouse in Greek. The specific epithet of the type species, Birkamys korai, honours the palaeontologist Mahmoud Kora of Mansoura University for his contributions to stratigraphic research in Egypt.
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