Nephelomys Weksler, Percequillo & Voss 2006

Moreira, Camila Do Nascimento, Ventura, Karen, Percequillo, Alexandre Reis & Yonenaga-Yassuda, Yatiyo, 2020, A review on the cytogenetics of the tribe Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), with the description of new karyotypes, Zootaxa 4876 (1), pp. 1-111 : 46

Nephelomys Weksler, Percequillo & Voss 2006

The genus Nephelomys comprises 13 recognized species, N. albigularis (Tomes 1860) , N. auriventer (Thomas 1899) , N. caracolus (Thomas 1914) , N. childi (Thomas 1895) , N. devius (Bangs 1902) , N. keaysi (Allen 1900) , N. levipes (Thomas 1902) , N. maculiventer (Allen 1899) , N. meridensis (Thomas 1894) , N. moerex (Thomas 1914) , N. nimbosus (Anthony 1926) , N. pectoralis (Allen 1912) , and N. pirrensis (Goldman 1913) . These species were restricted to the Andes, from Bolivia to Colombia, the coastal ranges of Venezuela, and extend northwards in the cordilleras of Panama and Costa Rica in Central America ( Márquez et al. 2000; Weksler et al. 2006 b; Prado & Percequillo 2013; Percequillo 2015e).