リス

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Japanese

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栗鼠りす
a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)
Short for 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): the Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
(This term, リス (risu), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)