Rhipidomys venustus Thomas 1900

Rhipidomys venustus Thomas 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 152.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Mérida, Las Vegas del Chama, 1400 m.

Vernacular Names: Merida Rhipidomys.

Distribution: Isolated populations in mountains of W and N Venezuela.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: R. fulviventer section sensu Tribe (1996). Placed as a subspecies of R. latimanus by Cabrera (1961) but distinct from the latimanus and venezuelae complex in Venezuela (Handley, 1976; Tribe, 1996); or placed as a subspecies if R. fulviventer by Tribe (1996). See comments in that account.