Sciurus ingrami

Sciurus ingrami , generalmente llamada ardilla de Ingram en inglés, es una ardilla que se encuentra en Sudamérica . ^{[ 1 ]} Se la conoce como serelepe en el sureste de Brasil. ^{[ 2 ] [ 3 ]} Se encuentra en el bioma de la Mata Atlántica de Brasil y en la provincia de Misiones , Argentina . ^{[ 1 ]}

Se la considera indistintamente como una especie, ^{[ 3 ] [ 4 ]} o como una subespecie de la ardilla brasileña Sciurus aestuans ^{[ 5 ]} o Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) brasiliensis . ^{[ 1 ]}

Es solitario y territorial, pero se le ha visto actuar en grupo y atacar en grupo a un gato depredador, el margay . ^{[ 6 ]}

En los bosques húmedos de tierras altas de Araucaria angustifolia en la meseta de Misiones y áreas circundantes, esta ardilla subsiste principalmente de las nueces de Syagrus romanzoffiana . ^{[ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]}

In a secondary Araucaria angustifolia forest in the Parque Recreativo Primavera in the vicinity of the city of Curitiba, Paraná, 1400 hours in a single year's time was spent observing the feeding behaviour of this squirrel. Although it fed on ten plant species, it obtained most of its diet from the nuts of Syagrus romanzoffiana (queen palm) throughout the year, but it punctuated this with peaks of feeding on the seeds of Araucaria angustifolia in the fall and winter, and acorns of the non-native Quercus robur (English oak, as Q. pedunculata in the study) in the summer. Mushrooms were also important in the winter and spring. Other introduced plant species were lesser but substantial food items, as such the seeds of Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) in the winter and the nuts of Castanea sativa (chestnut) in the spring and summer were quite often consumed. Other minor but regular plants were the nuts of the native Butia eriospatha (woolly jelly palm) in the spring and summer, pips of the non-native Eriobotrya japonica (loquat) in the winter, the native Eugenia uniflora in the spring and summer, and the native Rhamnus sphaerosperma in the summer and fall, as well as flowers and tree bark. Symplocos uniflora was a rare food item in the summer.^[2]