Four-striped ground squirrel

Four-striped ground squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Lariscus
Species:	L. hosei
Binomial name
*Lariscus hosei* (Thomas, 1892)
Synonyms
Sciurus hosei

The four-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus hosei) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References[]

^ Duckworth, J. W. & Hedges, S. (2008). "Lariscus hosei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T11304A3268557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T11304A3268557.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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.

show v t Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Callosciurus	Ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) Kloss's squirrel (Callosciurus albescens) Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) Finlayson's squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii) Inornate squirrel (Callosciurus inornatus) Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) Black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) Borneo black-banded squirrel (Callosciurus orestes) Phayre's squirrel (Callosciurus phayrei) Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) Anderson's squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)
Dremomys (Red-cheeked squirrels)	Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti) Red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) Red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)
Exilisciurus	Philippine pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus concinnus) Least pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis) Tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi)
Glyphotes	Sculptor squirrel (Glyphotes simus)
Hyosciurus	Montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi) Lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
Lariscus (striped ground squirrels)	Four-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus hosei) Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis) Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe) Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus)
Menetes	Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei)
Nannosciurus	Black-eared squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis)
Prosciurillus	Secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus) Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus) Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus) Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii) Weber's dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)
Rhinosciurus	Shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus)
Rubrisciurus	Red-bellied squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)
Sundasciurus	Subgenus Aletesciurus: Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis) Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus) Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis) Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi) Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis) Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori) Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis) Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii) Subgenus Sundasciurus: Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei) Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki) Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
Tamiops (Asiatic striped squirrels)	Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii) Maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus) Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii) Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei)
Funambulus	Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) Nilgiri palm squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) Dusky palm squirrel (Funambulus obscurus) Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
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