Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel

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Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Lariscus
Species: L. obscurus
Binomial name
Lariscus obscurus
(Miller, 1903)

The Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel (Lariscus obscurus) 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.

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