Biology:Small sun squirrel
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Short description: Species of rodent
Small sun squirrel[1] | |
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Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Heliosciurus |
Species: | H. punctatus
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Binomial name | |
Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck, 1853)
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The small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and possibly Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- ↑ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001.
- ↑ Grubb, P. (2008). "Heliosciurus punctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9832/0. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
Wikidata ☰ Q308778 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small sun squirrel.
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