Rhipidomys wetzeli Gardner 1989

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1171

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scientific name	Rhipidomys wetzeli Gardner 1989
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Rhipidomys wetzeli Gardner 1989 , in: Eisenberg, Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy: 417.

Type Locality: Venezuela, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Cerro de la Neblina, Camp VII, 1800 m; 00°50'40"N, 65°58'10"W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Wetzel's Rhipidomys.

Distribution: Highlands in S Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas) and N Brazil (as per Fonseca et al., 1996).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: R. fulviventer section sensu Tribe (1996). A small species, contrasted to R. fulviventer by Gardner (1989) and morphometrically well differentiated from the fulviventer venustus complex ( Tribe, 1996).