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Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852) is a animal in the Sciuridae family, order Rodentia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852) (Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852))
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Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852)

Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852)

Heliosciurus mutabilis, the mutable sun squirrel, is a Sciuridae rodent native to several southern African countries with varied natural habitats.

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Family
Genus
Heliosciurus
Order
Rodentia
Class
Mammalia

About Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852)

Taxonomy and Naming

The mutable sun squirrel, with the scientific name Heliosciurus mutabilis, is a rodent species that belongs to the family Sciuridae.

Geographic Range

This species can be found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Natural Habitats

Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Photo: (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae Heliosciurus

More from Sciuridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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