Rhipidomys fulviventer Thomas, 1896 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:304.

TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Cundinamarca Dept., Aqua Dulce, 2400 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Andes of W Venezuela and Colombia.

SYNONYMS: elatturus, microtis, tenuicauda .

COMMENTS: Listed as a subspecies of R. latimanus by Cabrera (1961) but clearly a species separate from the latimanus-venezuelae complex in Venezuela (Handley, 1976). Compared with R. wetzeli by Gardner (1989).