Heliosciurus rufobrachium

Red-legged sun squirrel
in Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Heliosciurus
Species:	H. rufobrachium
Binomial name
Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842)
Subspecies
H. r. rufobrachium H. r. arrhenii H. r. aubryi H. r. benga H. r. brauni H. r. caurinus H. r. coenosus H. r. emissus H. r. hardyi H. r. isabellinus H. r. keniae H. r. leakyi H. r. leonensis H. r. lualabae H. r. maculatus H. r. medjianus H. r. nyansae H. r. obfuscatus H. r. occidentalis H. r. pasha H. r. rubricatus H. r. semlikii

The red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, also commonly known as the crab-eating mongoose and the isabelline red-legged sun squirrel. It is native to tropical western and central Africa where its range extends from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and the Republic of Congo to Uganda and Tanzania in the east. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna. This species is thought to be common and has a very wide distribution, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

The red-legged sun squirrel is found in Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda, but not south of the Congo River. It is found in habitats with large trees in which it can climb, in moist primary and secondary forests, plantations, isolated trees in savannahs and gardens. It has been reported from mangrove swamps (Avicennia spp) in Sierra Leone.

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