The Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra, and eastern Java, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Niobe ground squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Lariscus |
Species: | L. niobe
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Binomial name | |
Lariscus niobe (Thomas, 1898)
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References
edit- ^ Aplin, K. & Lunde, D. (2008). "Lariscus niobe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 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.