Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 955 1189 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 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.