Heliosciurus

Sun squirrels Temporal range: Late to Recent
H. rufobrachium, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Protoxerini
Genus:	Heliosciurus Trouessart, 1880
Species
Heliosciurus gambianus Heliosciurus mutabilis Heliosciurus punctatus Heliosciurus rufobrachium Heliosciurus ruwenzorii Heliosciurus undulatus

Sun squirrels (genus Heliosciurus), form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae and the tribe Protoxerini. They are only found in sub-Saharan Africa.

The habit of basking in the sun on tree branches probably gave this group its common name.

Sun squirrels have been implicated in the spread of human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

There are 6 species in the genus:

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