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 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 .