---
title: "Słońcowiórka gambijska"
description: "Heliosciurus gambianus — Ssaki. The Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gambian-sun-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Słońcowiórka gambijska

> Heliosciurus gambianus — Ssaki. The Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)  is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Heliosciurus gambianus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 511
- Wikidata: [Q304195](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304195)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46195](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46195)

## Names

- en: Gambian Sun Squirrel
- de: Graufußhörnchen
- es: Ardilla de Gambia
- fr: Héliosciure de Gambie
- nl: Kleine zonne-eekhoorn
- pl: Słońcowiórka gambijska

## Countries with the most observations

GM (115), SN (56), ET (46), BJ (40), AO (21), BF (21), CD (19), NG (17), GW (12), ZM (9), ML (8), UG (8)

## Summary

The Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)  is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is wooded savanna.

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

## Photo

![Słońcowiórka gambijska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gambian-sun-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251655194

## Machine access

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