Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck 1853)

[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).