Gambian sun squirrel

Gambian sun squirrel[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Heliosciurus
Species:
H. gambianus
Binomial name
Heliosciurus gambianus
(Ogilby, 1835)
Subspecies
  • H. g. gambianus
  • H. g. abassensis
  • H. g. bongensis
  • H. g. canaster
  • H. g. dysoni
  • H. g. elegans
  • H. g. hoogstraali
  • H. g. kaffensis
  • H. g. lateris
  • H. g. limbutas
  • H. g. loandicus
  • H. g. madogae
  • H. g. multicolor
  • H. g. omensis
  • H. g. rhodesiae
  • H. g. senescens
Synonyms
  • Sciurus gambianus

The Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is wooded savanna.

  1. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
  2. ^ Grubb, P. & Ekué, M. R. M. (2008). "Heliosciurus gambianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2016.