Lariscus insignis (F. Cuvier, 1821). In E. Geoffrey St. Hilaire and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2:2. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Sumatra, “lowlands”. DISTRIBUTION: Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Java; Borneo; adjacent Isis. COMMENT: Includes niobe and obscurus from the Mentawi Isis.; see Chasen, 1940:145- 146. Corbet and Hill, 1980:133, listed niobe as a distinct species, without comment; LRH considers niobe a distinct species. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002015002001 as L. insignis. 5301410002015003001 as L. niobe. 5301410002015004001 as L. obscurus.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 1), pp. 345-382 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 354, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353023