Small sun squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Small sun squirrel{{cite book|last1=Thorington|first1=R.W. Jr.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=R.S.|year=2005|pages=754–818|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=D.E.|editor2-last=Reeder|editor2-first=D.M|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3|chapter=Family Sciuridae|chapter-url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001|title=Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference|edition=3rd|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|oclc=26158608}}

| image = Small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus).jpg

| image_caption = Kakum National Park, Ghana

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Grubb, P.|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9832/0|title=Heliosciurus punctatus|access-date=6 January 2009}}

| taxon = Heliosciurus punctatus

| authority = (Temminck, 1853)

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision =

• Heliosciurus punctatus punctatus
• Heliosciurus punctatus savannius

| synonyms =

}}

The small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and possibly Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.