Forest Giant Squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 103
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Forest giant squirrel”.