Oecomys flavicans (Thomas, 1894) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14:351.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Mérida, Mérida, 1600 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal Range and Cordillera de Mérida of N and W Venezuala, west to Sierra de Santa Marta of NE Columbia, perhaps including the Cordillera Oriental.

SYNONYMS: illectus, mincae.