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Reig's montane mouse

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Reig's Montane Mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Aepeomys
Species:
A. reigi
Binomial name
Aepeomys reigi
Ochoa, Aguilera, Pacheco & Soriano, 2001

Reig's montane mouse (Aepeomys reigi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Venezuela.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Aguilera, M. (2018). "Aepeomys reigi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136484A22353648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136484A22353648.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ochoa G, J.; M. Aguilera; V. Pacheco & O. J. Soriano (2001). "A new species of Aepeomys Thomas, 1898 (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Andes of Venezuela" (PDF). Mammalian Biology. 66: 228–237. ISSN 1616-5047.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.