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Small Sun Squirrel
Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck, 1853)
Also calledHeliosciure de forêt (fra) · Kleines Sonnenhörnchen (deu) · guineanaurinko-orava (fin) · słońcowiórka mała (pol) · veverka sluníčková (ces) · ヒメタイヨウリス (jpn)
First described in: Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guiné p.138
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Small Sun Squirrel is diurnal.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Lowland primary and secondary rainforests, habitat fragments, and open savannas and shrublands. The Small Sun Squirrel tolerates some disturbance from farming and plantations.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437542.