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title: "Red-legged Sun Squirrel"
description: "Heliosciurus rufobrachium — Mammiferi. The red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, also commonly known as the isabelline red-legged sun squirrel."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-legged-sun-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-legged Sun Squirrel

> Heliosciurus rufobrachium — Mammiferi. The red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, also commonly known as the isabelline red-legged sun squirrel.

- Scientific name: *Heliosciurus rufobrachium*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 478
- Wikidata: [Q309306](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309306)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46196](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46196)

## Names

- en: Red-legged Sun Squirrel
- de: Rotfüßiges Sonnenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla Solar Patirroja
- fr: Héliosciure aux pattes rousses

## Countries with the most observations

UG (99), GH (43), KE (42), GA (23), CD (17), NG (17), CG (13), BJ (12), CI (11), CM (10), CF (9), GQ (7)

## Summary

The red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, also commonly known as the isabelline red-legged sun squirrel. It is native to tropical western and central Africa where its range extends from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and the Republic of Congo to Uganda and Tanzania in the east. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna. This species is thought to be common and has a very wide distribution, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-legged_sun_squirrel

## Photo

![Red-legged Sun Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-legged-sun-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104332679

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-legged-sun-squirrel?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).