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).