Striped ground squirrel

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Striped Ground Squirrels Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Callosciurinae Tribe: Callosciurini Genus: Lariscus Thomas & Wroughton, 1909
Species
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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Callosciurus Ear-spot Squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) · Kloss Squirrel (Callosciurus albescens) · Inabalu Squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) · Gray-bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) · Pallas's Squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) · Finlayson's Squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii) · Inornate Squirrel (Callosciurus inornatus) · Mentawai Squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) · Black-striped Squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) · Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) · Borneo Black-banded Squirrel (Callosciurus orestes) · Phayre's Squirrel (Callosciurus phayrei) · Prevost's Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) · Irrawaddy Squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) · Anderson's Squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus) Dremomys Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel (Dremomys everetti) · Red-throated Squirrel (Dremomys gularis) · Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) · Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) · Red-hipped Squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) · Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) Exilisciurus Philippine Pygmy Squirrel (Exilisciurus concinnus) · Least Pygmy Squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis) · Tufted Pygmy Squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi) Glyphotes Sculptor Squirrel (Glyphotes simus) Hyosciurus Montane Long-nosed Squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi) · Lowland Long-nosed Squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile) Lariscus Four-striped Ground Squirrel (Lariscus hosei) · Three-striped Ground Squirrel (Lariscus insignis) · Niobe Ground Squirrel (Lariscus niobe) · Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel (Lariscus obscurus) Menetes Berdmore's Ground Squirrel (Menetes berdmorei) Nannosciurus Black-eared Squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis) Prosciurillus Secretive Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus) · Whitish Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus) · Celebes Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus) · Sanghir Squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii) · Weber's Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi) Rhinosciurus Shrew-faced Squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus) Rubrisciurus Red-bellied squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer) Sundasciurus Subgenus Aletesciurus: Davao Squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis) · Horse-tailed Squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus) · Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) · Mindanao Squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis) · Culion Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi) · Philippine Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis) · Palawan Montane Squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori) · Samar Squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis) · Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii) Subgenus Sundasciurus: Brooke's Squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei) · Fraternal Squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) · Jentink's Squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki) · Low's Squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) · Slender Squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis) Tamiops Himalayan Striped Squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii) · Maritime Striped Squirrel (Tamiops maritimus) · Cambodian Striped Squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii) · Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei) Funambulus Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's Palm Squirrel (Funambulus layardi) · Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) · Dusky Palm Squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) · Jungle Palm Squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) Category