Rhipidomys austrinus Thomas 1921

Rhipidomys austrinus Thomas 1921, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 7: 183.

Type Locality: Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Sierra de Santa Bárbara, El Sunchal, 1200 m.

Vernacular Names: Southern Andean Rhipidomys.

Synonyms: Rhipidomys collinus Thomas 1925 .

Distribution: Lower E Andean slopes and foothills, about 350-1750 m, from La Paz Dept., WC Bolivia, south to Jujuy Prov., NW Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: R. leucodactylus section sensu Tribe (1996). Variously thought to intergrade with R. leucodactylus (e.g., Cabrera, 1961; Mares et al., 1989 b) or with R. couesi (e.g., Anderson, 1997). Retained as species by Musser and Carleton (1993) and by Tribe (1996), who characterized its morphology and vouchered its geographic occurrence.