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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Rhipidomys
SPECIES Rhipidomys venustus
| Author: | Thomas, 1900. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 152. | | Common Name: | Mérida Rhipidomys | | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Mérida, Las Vegas del Chama, 1400 m. | | Distribution: | Isolated populations in mountains of W and N Venezuela. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | R. fulviventer section sensu Tribe (1996). Placed as a subspecies of R. latimanus by Cabrera (1961) but distinct from the latimanus-venezuelae complex in Venezuela (Handley, 1976; Tribe, 1996); or placed as a subspecies if R. fulviventer by Tribe (1996). See comments in that account. |
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