Sciurus ingrami

Ingram's squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Subgenus: Guerlinguetus
Species: S. ingrami
Binomial name
Sciurus ingrami
Thomas, 1901

Sciurus ingrami, commonly known as Ingram's squirrel and serelepe, is a squirrel found in South America. It is found in the Atlantic Forest Biome of Brazil and Misiones Province, Argentina.[1]

It is regarded variously as a species,[2][3] or as a subspecies of the Brazilian Squirrel Sciurus aestuans[4] or Guerlinguetus brasiliensis.[1]

It is solitary and territorial, but has been seen to act together and mob a predatory cat, the margay.[5]

In the moist highland forests of Araucaria angustifolia on the Misiones plateau and surrounding areas this squirrel subsists mostly on the nuts of Syagrus romanzoffiana.[6][7][8][9]


References

  1. 1 2 de Vivo, Mario; Carmignotto, Ana Paula (January 2015). "Family Sciuridae G. Fischer, 1817". In Patton, James L.; Pardiñas, Ulyses F.J.; D'Elía, Guillermo. Mammals of South America Volume 2, Rodents (1 ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 13–15. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226169606.001.0001. ISBN 978-0226169576. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Bordignon, M.; Monteiro-Filho, E. L. A. (2000). "Behaviour and daily activity of the squirrel Sciurus ingrami in a secondary araucaria forest in southern Brazil". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 78: 1732. doi:10.1139/z00-104.
  3. ↑ Paschoal, M.; Galetti, M. (1995). "Seasonal food use by the neotropical squirrel Sciurus ingrami in Southeastern Brazil". Biotropica. 27 (2): 268–273. doi:10.2307/2389006. JSTOR 2389006.
  4. ↑ Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  5. ↑ Alberto Solórzano-Filho, J. (2006). "Mobbing of Leopardus wiedii while hunting by a group of Sciurus ingrami in an Araucaria forest of Southeast Brazil / Assaillir du Leopardus wiedii tandis que chasse par un groupe de Sciurus ingrami dans une forêt d'Araucaria de sud-ouest au Brésil". Mammalia. 70: 156–157. doi:10.1515/MAMM.2006.031.
  6. ↑ Alves, Briza Cristina; Mendes, Calebe Pereira; Ribeiro, Milton Cezar (January 2018). "Queen palm fruit selection and foraging techniques of squirrels in the Atlantic Forest". Biotropica. 50 (2). doi:10.1111/btp.12530. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Galetti, Mauro; Paschoal, Maristela; Pedroni, Fernando (February 1992). "Predation on palm nuts (Syagrus romanzoffiana) by squirrels (Sciurus ingrami) in south-east Brazil". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 8 (1): 121–123. doi:10.1017/S0266467400006210. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Mendes, Calebe Pereira; Cãndido-Jr, José Flávio (June 2014). "Behavior and foraging technique of the Ingram's squirrel Guerlinguetus ingrami (Sciuridae: Rodentia) in an Araucaria moist forest fragment". Zoologia (Curitiba). 31 (3). doi:10.1590/S1984-46702014000300001. ISSN 1984-4670. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Alvarenga, Cibele A.; Talamoni, Sõnia A. (September 2005). "Nests of the Brazilian squirrel Sciurus ingrami Thomas (Rodentia, Sciuridae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22 (3). doi:10.1590/S0101-81752005000300048. ISSN 0101-8175. Retrieved 30 August 2018.


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