---
title: "Olejówka leśna"
description: "Protoxerus stangeri — Ssaki. The forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) or Stanger's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/forest-giant-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Olejówka leśna

> Protoxerus stangeri — Ssaki. The forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) or Stanger's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

- Scientific name: *Protoxerus stangeri*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- 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

The forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) or Stanger's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations.

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

## Photo

![Olejówka leśna](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).