Rhipidomys Tschudi, 1844. Wiegmann's Archive Naturgesch., 10, 1:252.

REVIEWED BY: J. K. Braun (JKB).

COMMENT: Reviewed in part by Hooper and Musser, 1964, Mise. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 123:20-21, Carleton, 1973, Mise. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 146:1-43, and Handley, 1976, Brigham Young Univ. Sei. Bull. Biol. Ser., 20(5):50-51. This genus is in need of revision at the species level and its relationship to other thomasomyines needs clarification; see Hall, 1981:626, Pine, 1973, Acta Amazonica, 3(2): 64, Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 125, and Cabrera, 1961:419. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae.

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