Mutable sun squirrel
Mutable Sun Squirrel |
Conservation status |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Mammalia |
Order: |
Rodentia |
Family: |
Sciuridae |
Genus: |
Heliosciurus |
Species: |
H. mutabilis |
Binomial name |
Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852) |
Subspecies[2] |
- H. m. mutabilis
- H. m. beirae
- H. m. chirindensis
- H. m. shirensis
- H. m. vumbae
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The Mutable Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
References
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| Xerus(African ground squirrels) |
- Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)
- Mountain Ground Squirrel (Xerus princeps)
- Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
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| Spermophilopsis |
- Long-clawed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)
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| Protoxerini | | |
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- Thomas's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus)
- Lunda Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii)
- Carruther's Mountain Squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi)
- Funisciurus congicus
- Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus isabella)
- Ribboned Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus)
- Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys)
- Funisciurus pyrrhopus
- Kintampo Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
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- Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
- Mutable Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis)
- Red-legged Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium)
- Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii)
- Zanj Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)
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| Myosciurus |
- African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)
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- Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)
- African Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus luciferus)
- Alexander's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri)
- Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)
- Cooper's Green Squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi)
- Fernando Po Squirrel (Paraxerus poensis)
- Huet's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus)
- Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
- Striped Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis)
- Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius)
- Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)
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| Marmotini (Ground squirrels) | |
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