Rhipidomys wetzeli Gardner, 1989 . In Eisenberg, Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy, p. 417.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Cerro de la Neblina, 1800 m; 00°50'N, 65°58'W .

DISTRIBUTION: Highlands in S Venezuela.

COMMENTS: A small species related to the R. fulviventer group (see Gardner, 1989).