Rhipidomys nitela Thomas, 1901

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 745

Rhipidomys nitela Thomas, 1901 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guyana, Kanuku Mountains, Kwaimatta, 240 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: S Venezuela, Guianas, NC Brazil.

SYNONYMS: fervidus, milleri , tobagi.

COMMENTS: Previously listed either as a race of R. venezuelae ( Gyldenstolpe, 1932) or R. mastacalis (Cabrera, 1961) , but distinct from true venezuelae in Venezuela (see Handley, 1976, who used the species name mastacalis ) and from R. mastacalis in N Brazil.