Reig's montane mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Reig's Montane Mouse

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Aguilera, M. |date=2018 |title=Aepeomys reigi |volume=2018 |page=e.T136484A22353648 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136484A22353648.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Aepeomys

| species = reigi

| authority = Ochoa, Aguilera, Pacheco & Soriano, 2001

| synonyms =

}}

Reig's montane mouse (Aepeomys reigi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found only in Venezuela.{{cite journal|year=2001|title=A new species of Aepeomys Thomas, 1898 (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Andes of Venezuela|journal=Mammalian Biology|volume=66|pages=228–237|issn=1616-5047|author=Ochoa G, J.|author2=M. Aguilera|author3=V. Pacheco|author4=O. J. Soriano|name-list-style=amp|url=http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve/ciencias/pascual/Pascual-PDFs/MammBiol-01.pdf}} It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).{{Cite book

| last = Beolens | first = Bo |author2=Watkins, Michael |author3=Grayson, Michael

| title = The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

| publisher = The Johns Hopkins University Press

| date = 2009-09-28 | location = Baltimore | page = 338

| url = http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA338

| isbn = 978-0-8018-9304-9| oclc = 270129903}}

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