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title: "Forest Giant Squirrel"
description: "Protoxerus stangeri — Mamíferos. Protoxerus stangeri es una especie de roedor de la familia Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/forest-giant-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Forest Giant Squirrel

> Protoxerus stangeri — Mamíferos. Protoxerus stangeri es una especie de roedor de la familia Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Protoxerus stangeri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 184
- Wikidata: [Q1767781](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767781)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46202](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46202)

## Names

- en: Forest Giant Squirrel
- de: Gemeines Ölpalmenhörnchen
- fr: Écureuil géant de Stanger
- nl: Oliepalmeekhoorn
- pl: Olejówka leśna

## Countries with the most observations

CD (23), KE (17), UG (16), GH (15), CF (14), CG (13), GA (10), AO (7), CI (7), NG (7), CM (6), GQ (3)

## Summary

Protoxerus stangeri es una especie de roedor de la familia Sciuridae.

Text: Wikipedia (es), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoxerus_stangeri

## Photo

![Forest Giant Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/forest-giant-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46202

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/forest-giant-squirrel?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).