Striped ground squirrels Temporal range: Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
Genus: |
Lariscus Thomas & Wroughton, 1909 |
Species | |
L. hosei (Thomas, 1892) |
L. hosei (Thomas, 1892)
L. insignis (F. Cuvier, 1821)
L. niobe (Thomas, 1898)
L. obscurus (Miller, 1903)
Striped ground squirrels (genus Lariscus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Callosciurinae. They are only found in Southeast Asia. Species in this genus include: