# Mutable sun squirrel

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
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| 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](/source/Wilhelm_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](/source/rodent) in the family [Sciuridae](/source/Sciuridae). It is found in [Malawi](/source/Malawi), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), [Zambia](/source/Zambia), and [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe). Its natural [habitat](/source/habitat)s are [subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest](/source/subtropical_or_tropical_moist_lowland_forest), subtropical or tropical moist [montane forest](/source/montane_forest), moist [savanna](/source/savanna), and subtropical or tropical high-altitude [grassland](/source/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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