Lariscus obscurus

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Mentawai Three-striped Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Nannosciurinae
Tribe: Nannosciurini
Genus: Lariscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1903-11-06. Seventy new Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 45:1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809908

Original name as described

Funambulus obscurus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:121640

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36bc6d38f-a2c4-4bec-8aa5-3329323b099c

Type locality

"South Pagai I, Sumatra, " Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001564

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Funambulus obscurus

G. S. Miller, 1903

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121640

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

South Pagi Island, Sumatra

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: South Pagai.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36bc6d38f-a2c4-4bec-8aa5-3329323b099c

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809908

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Lariscus insignis obscurus:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127056

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
Chasen (1940:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1949:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31867)

Lariscus niobe siberu

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

siberu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.11.2.7

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Siberut Island, West Sumatra

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: Siberut.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e103cd56-6617-4e77-abf3-f13e5de6088e

Authority page

827

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Lariscus insignis siberu:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

siberu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1949:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31867)

Lariscus insignis auroreus

Sody, 1949

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

auroreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9840 (= MZB 6363)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: North Pagai.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9840.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9840.b

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1949:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31867)

Lariscus obscurus:

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
Corbet & Hill (1991:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11307/22242238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lariscus obscurus auroreus:

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

auroreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lariscus obscurus obscurus:

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lariscus obscurus siberu:

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

siberu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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