Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck, 1853) Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guiné , p. 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 ." DISTRIBUTION: E Liberia , S Ivory Coast , S Ghana (E to Lake Volta ). SYNONYMS: savannius Thomas, 1923. COMMENTS: Treated as a subspecies of H. gambianus by Ingoldby (1927) , Ellerman (1940) , Rosevear (1969) , and Amtmann (1975) . Considered a distinct species by Allen (1939) , and Roth and Thorington (1982) .