The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a rodent in the family Sciuridae that is endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra and eastern Java in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. It was described by Oldfield Thomas in 1898 and belongs to Lariscus, a genus of Southeast Asian ground squirrels in the subfamily Callosciurinae. The Wikipedia genus article notes that the IUCN does not have enough data to make a definite status determination for it, and the IUCN Red List lists it as Data Deficient. Nothing is stated in the sources read about its diet, daily activity or population size.
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It is endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra, and eastern Java, in Indonesia.
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It is endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra, and eastern Java, in Indonesia.
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It is endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra, and eastern Java, in Indonesia.
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It is endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra, and eastern Java, in Indonesia.
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is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae
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is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
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