Reig's montane mouse
{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Reig's Montane Mouse
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| 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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Category:Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Category:Rodents of South America
Category:Mammals described in 2001
Category:Taxa named by Osvaldo Reig
Category:Vulnerable biota of South America
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