Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Rhipidomys venustus Thomas, 1900 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5:152 . TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela , Merida , Las Vegas del Chama, 1400 m . DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of N Venezuela . COMMENTS: Placed as a subspecies of R. latimanus by Cabrera (1961) but distinct from the latimanus-venezuelae complex in Venezuela ( Handley, 1976 ).