Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jul 19, 2026

Monte gerbil mouse

The Monte gerbil mouse or Monte laucha is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Argentina.

Last revised
Jul 19, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
138 w
Citations
1
Source
Monte gerbil mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Eligmodontia
Species:
E. moreni
Binomial name
Eligmodontia moreni
(Thomas, 1896)

The Monte gerbil mouse or Monte laucha (Eligmodontia moreni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Argentina.

References

References

  1. Ojeda, R.; Jayat, J.P. & Pardinas, U. (2016). "Eligmodontia moreni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T7577A115085121. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7577A22343386.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  • Baillie, J. 1996. Eligmodontia moreni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.