Rhipidomys nitela Thomas, 1901

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scientific name	Rhipidomys nitela Thomas, 1901
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Rhipidomys nitela Thomas, 1901 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: Guyana, Kanuku Mountains, Kwaimatta, 240 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: S Venezuela, Guianas, NC Brazil.

SYNONYMS: fervidus, milleri , tobagi.

COMMENTS: Previously listed either as a race of R. venezuelae ( Gyldenstolpe, 1932) or R. mastacalis (Cabrera, 1961) , but distinct from true venezuelae in Venezuela (see Handley, 1976, who used the species name mastacalis ) and from R. mastacalis in N Brazil.

Gyldenstolpe, N. 1932. A manual of Neotropical sigmodont rodents. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, 11: 1 - 164.

Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993

1993

Rhipidomys nitela

Thomas 1901: 148

1901