{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{Speciesbox | name = Mutable sun squirrel | image = Heliosciurus mutabilis Peters 1852.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=''Heliosciurus mutabilis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T9831A115094804 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9831A22260214.en |access-date=5 June 2025}}</ref> | genus = Heliosciurus | species = mutabilis | authority = (Peters, 1852) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision_ref = <ref name="Thorington">{{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=https://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}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''H. m. mutabilis'' * ''H. m. beirae'' * ''H. m. chirindensis'' * ''H. m. shirensis'' * ''H. m. vumbae'' | synonyms = }}
The '''mutable sun squirrel''' ('''''Heliosciurus mutabilis''''') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
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Category:Heliosciurus Category:Rodents of Africa Category:Mammals described in 1852 Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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