The Mentawai three-striped squirrel, Lariscus obscurus, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae that is endemic to Indonesia and has a natural habitat of subtropical or tropical dry forests. It was described by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1903 and belongs to the genus Lariscus, and the IUCN Red List assesses it as Near Threatened. The sources read for this entry record very little else about its ecology or behaviour, so its diet, activity pattern and population trend are not yet documented here.
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Lariscus, Taxa Source Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Wikipedia)
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It is endemic to Indonesia
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has a natural habitat of subtropical or tropical dry forests
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It is endemic to Indonesia
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The Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
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