# Small sun squirrel

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Small sun squirrel<ref name="Thorington">{{cite book|last1=Thorington|first1=R.W. Jr.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=R.S.|year=2005|pages=754–818|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=D.E.|editor2-last=Reeder|editor2-first=D.M|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3|chapter=Family Sciuridae|chapter-url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001|title=Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference|edition=3rd|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|oclc=26158608}}</ref> 
| image = Small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus).jpg
| image_caption = [Kakum National Park](/source/Kakum_National_Park), [Ghana](/source/Ghana)
| status = DD 
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |author3=Koprowski, J. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=''Heliosciurus punctatus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T9832A115094941 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9832A22260126.en |access-date=4 August 2025}}</ref>
| taxon = Heliosciurus punctatus
| authority = ([Temminck](/source/Coenraad_Jacob_Temminck), 1853) 
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = 
* ''Heliosciurus punctatus punctatus''
* ''Heliosciurus punctatus savannius''
| synonyms =
}}

The '''small sun squirrel''' ('''''Heliosciurus punctatus''''')  is a species of [rodent](/source/rodent) in the family [Sciuridae](/source/Sciuridae). It is found in [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Ghana](/source/Ghana), [Liberia](/source/Liberia), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone), and possibly [Guinea](/source/Guinea). Its natural [habitat](/source/habitat) is subtropical or tropical moist lowland [forest](/source/forest)s.

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Category:Heliosciurus
Category:Rodents of Africa
Category:Mammals described in 1853
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck

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