Rhipidomys venustus Thomas 1900

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1171

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scientific name	Rhipidomys venustus Thomas 1900
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Rhipidomys venustus Thomas 1900 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 152.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Mérida, Las Vegas del Chama, 1400 m.

Vernacular Names: Merida Rhipidomys.

Distribution: Isolated populations in mountains of W and N Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: R. fulviventer section sensu Tribe (1996). Placed as a subspecies of R. latimanus by Cabrera (1961) but distinct from the latimanus and venezuelae complex in Venezuela ( Handley, 1976; Tribe, 1996); or placed as a subspecies if R. fulviventer by Tribe (1996). See comments in that account.