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--> GENUS Lariscus
SPECIES Lariscus obscurus
Author: | Miller, 1903. | Citation: | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 45: 23. | Common Name: | Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Mentawai Isls, "South Pagi Island, Sumatra". | Distribution: | Siberut, Sipora, N and S Pagai Island (Sumatra, Indonesia). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Formerly included in insignis (Chasen, 1940) or niobe (Chasen and Kloss (1927). Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawai Archipelago (see comments under Leopoldamys siporanus). |
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