Rhipidomys tenuicauda is a rodent recorded in Venezuela's Turimiquire Range. Its account includes records from premontane humid forest and coffee and cacao plantations.
The back is orange to chestnut. Cream-tipped belly hairs have dark-grey bases, and the dark tail ends in a thicker hair pencil.
Field records in the species account include premontane humid forest and coffee and cacao plantations in the Turimiquire Range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.