Fig. 61 in The Mammals Of Paracou, French Guiana: A Neotropical Lowland Rainforest Fauna Part 2. Nonvolant Species

Fig. 61. Caudal morphology of Rhipidomys venezuelae (A, AMNH 131081) and R. nitela (B, AMNH 267021). The tail of R. venezuelae is uniformly covered by short hairs that are clearly visible without magnification but do not conceal the underlying epidermal scales; there is no terminal tuft of conspicuously longer hairs. By contrast, the caudal hairs of R. nitela increase in length from the base of that organ to the tip, where the