{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Sciurus insignis - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ20400053.tif | image_caption = ''Lariscus insignis'' | taxon = Lariscus | authority = Thomas & Wroughton, 1909 | type_species = ''Sciurus insignia'' | type_species_authority = F. Cuvier, 1821 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''L. hosei'' <small>(Thomas, 1892)</small><br /> ''L. insignis'' <small>(F. Cuvier, 1821)</small><br /> ''L. niobe'' <small>(Thomas, 1898)</small><br /> ''L. obscurus'' <small>(Miller, 1903)</small> }}
'''''Lariscus''''' is a genus of squirrels in the subfamily Callosciurinae.<ref>{{MSW3|id=12400590}}</ref> They are only found in Southeast Asia. Species in this genus include: * The four-striped ground squirrel (''L. hosei'', syn. ''Sciurus hosei''), endemic to Borneo, its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is listed as "near threatened" by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss.<ref name=iucn-hosei>{{Cite iucn | author = Duckworth, J. W. & Hedges, S. | title = ''Lariscus hosei'' | volume = 2008 | article-number = e.T11304A3268557 | date = 2008 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T11304A3268557.en | access-date = 12 January 2018}}</ref> * The three-striped ground squirrel (''L. insignis''), found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Listed as "least concern" by the IUCN.<ref name=iucn-insignis>{{cite iucn |author=Tizard, R.J |date=2016 |title=''Lariscus insignis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T11305A22242321 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11305A22242321.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> * The Niobe ground squirrel (''L. niobe''), like ''L. obscuris'', lives in the subtropical and tropical forests of Indonesia, but the IUCN does not have enough data to make a definite status determination.<ref name=iucn-obscurus_niobe /> * The Mentawai three-striped squirrel (''L. obscurus''), endemic to Indonesia, also lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests, and is listed as "near threatened" by the IUCN due to habitat loss.<ref name=iucn-obscurus_niobe>{{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2017 |title=''Lariscus obscurus'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T11307A22242238 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T11307A22242238.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632377 ITIS]
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Category:Lariscus Category:Rodent genera Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Category:Taxa named by Robert Charles Wroughton