Striped ground squirrel

Striped ground squirrel

Taxobox
name = Striped Ground Squirrels
fossil_range = Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
subfamilia = Callosciurinae
tribus = Callosciurini
genus = "Lariscus"
genus_authority = Thomas & Wroughton, 1909
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Lariscus hosei"
"Lariscus insignis"
"Lariscus niobe"
"Lariscus obscurus"

Striped Ground Squirrels (genus "Lariscus") form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Callosciurinae. They are only found in South-east Asia.

Species

There are four species of Striped Ground Squirrels:
*Four-striped Ground Squirrel, "Lariscus hosei"
*Three-striped Ground Squirrel, "Lariscus insignis"
*Niobe Ground Squirrel, "Lariscus niobe"
*Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel, "Lariscus obscurus"

References

*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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