Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck 1853)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 793

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scientific name	Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck 1853)
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[Heliosciurus] punctatus (Temminck 1853) , Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guine: 138.

Type Locality: Guinea coast, no exact locality given. "...dans toutes les forêts de la Guiné..." Given by Ingoldby (1927) as Ghana: "Secondi and Bibiani, Gold Coast." .

Vernacular Names: Small Sun Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Heliosciurus punctatus subsp. punctatus Temminck 1853

Subspecies Heliosciurus punctatus subsp. savannius Thomas 1923

Distribution: E Liberia, S Côte d’Ivoire, S Ghana (E to Lake Volta).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Treated as a subspecies of H. gambianus by Ingoldby (1927), Ellerman (1940), Rosevear (1969), and Amtmann (1975). Considered a distinct species by G. M. Allen (1939), and Roth and Thorington (1982).