Lariscus, the striped ground squirrels, is a genus of four species found only in Southeast Asia, across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Borneo, placed in the subfamily Callosciurinae. Several species take their common names from the number of stripes on their backs, and the genus's conservation status ranges from Least Concern, as with Lariscus insignis, to Near Threatened for Lariscus hosei and Lariscus obscurus, with habitat loss cited as the main threat.
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Source Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ301584, descriptionView the Source 2. Lariscus (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Lariscus is a genus of squirrels in the subfamily Callosciurinae.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Lariscus
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"speciesExtantCount": 4
Wikidata: Lariscus
Wikidata Q301584, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Mentawai three-striped squirrel, Lead, scientific nameQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Mentawai three-striped squirrel, Lead, scientific name
The Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
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