Rhipidomys fulviventer Thomas 1896

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 : 1168

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Rhipidomys fulviventer Thomas 1896
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Rhipidomys fulviventer Thomas 1896 View in CoL

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

Type Locality: Colombia, Cundinamarca Dept., Aguadulce, 2400 ft (732 m).

Vernacular Names: Tawny-bellied Rhipidomys.

Synonyms: Rhipidomys elatturus Osgood 1914 ; Rhipidomys similis J. A. Allen 1912 ; Rhipidomys tenuicauda (J. A. Allen 1899) .

Distribution: Isolated populations in the Andes of SW and C Colombia, and W and NE Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: R. fulviventer section sensu Tribe (1996). Listed as a subspecies of R. latimanus by Cabrera (1961) but clearly a species separate from the latimanus venezuelae complex in Venezuela ( Handley, 1976; Tribe, 1996). Includes venustus as a subspecies according to Tribe (1996) but not Linares (1998). To us, the considerable variation among Venezuelan series ( USNM) indicates the presence of at least two species: venustus proper in the Mérida Andes and fulviventer sensu lato in the coastal mountains ( tenuicauda ) and Páramo de Tamá ( elatturus ). Whether the latter two small forms are conspecific with fulviventer proper, as provisionally arranged here, invites further study using other information bases. The highly disjunct distribution of fulviventer , as conveyed by the listed synonyms, must in part reflect the need for additional field inventory. Equally plausible, revisionary investigation may uncover complementary, geographically replacing, specific ranges among these synonyms; the status and relationships of similis and tenuicauda are foremost candidates for such renewed attention. Compared with R. wetzeli by Gardner (1989).

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Rhipidomys

Loc

Rhipidomys fulviventer Thomas 1896

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Rhipidomys fulviventer

Thomas 1896: 304
1896
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