Niobe Ground Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Niobe Ground Squirrel


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Lariscus"
species = "L. niobe"
binomial = "Lariscus niobe"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1898)
synonyms = The Niobe Ground Squirrel ("Lariscus niobe") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11306/all Lariscus niobe] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*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.