Rhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860:213.

TYPE LOCALITY: C. Ecuador, Chimborazo Prov., Pallatanga, 1485 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela; Colombia; Ecuador.

COMMENT: Includes fulviventer and venustus; see Cabrera, 1961:420; Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sei. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):50, listed fulviventer and venustus as distinct species, without comment. Karology reviewed by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:26, 32-33.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008050001001.