Aepeomys lugens (Thomas, 1896) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:306.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Merida, Loma del Morro, 900 m .

DISTRIBUTION: W. Venezuela to Andean Ecuador.

COMMENT: Includes vulcani as a subspecies; see Cabrera, 1961:432. Formerly included fuscatus; see Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:26, 32. Formerly included in Thomasomys; see comment under Aepeomys . A. vulcani may be a separate species (OAR).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008055015001 as Thomasomys lugens .