Heliosciurus punctatus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Small Sun Squirrel sighting in Kakum National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 7 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Small Sun Squirrel in Kakum National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March and October, the lowest months. That is one of Kakum National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 35 mm in January. May–June and August have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small Sun Squirrel sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kakum National Park, in our data
Kakum National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small Sun Squirrel sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small Sun Squirrel is recorded against all the mammals logged in Kakum National Park (13 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
