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Arboreal

Arboreal is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.

In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in trees or bushes.

List of arboreal animals

Mammals

• Opossums
• Monito del Monte
• Possum
• Koala
• Tree kangaroo
• Tree hyrax
• Sloth
• Tamandua
• Silky Anteater
• Flying Fox
• Tree Pangolin
• African Palm Civet
• Linsang
• Binturong
• Leopard
• Marten
• Kinkajou
• Olingo
• Red Panda
• Tree squirrel
• Flying squirrel
• New World porcupine
• Tree Shrew
• Colugo
• Cheirogaleidae
• Red-bellied Lemur
• Lepilemur
• Indriidae
• Aye-aye
• Lorisidae
• Angwantibo
• Galago
• Tarsier
• Marmoset
• Golden Lion Tamarin
• White-headed Capuchin
• Spider monkey
• Proboscis Monkey
• Siamang
• Orangutan

Reptiles and Birds

• Corytophanes
• Green Iguana
• Chameleon
• New Caledonian bumpy gecko
• New Caledonian crested gecko
• Pachydactylus
• Rhacodactylus chahoua
• Uroplatus
• Emerald tree boa
• Green tree python
• Western green mamba
• Toucan

Amphibians

• Arboreal Salamander
• Red-eyed tree frog
• White's tree frog

Others

• Coconut Crab

See also

• Arboreal locomotion
• Arboretum