Arboreal

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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

• Angwantibo
• Arboreal Salamander
• Cheirogaleidae
• Colugo
• Corytophanes
• Double crested basilisk
• Emerald tree boa
• Golden Lion Tamarin
• Green Iguana
• Green tree python
• Guados
• Indriidae
• Koala
• Kinkajou
• Leopard
• Lorisidae
• New Caledonian bumpy gecko
• New Caledonian crested gecko
• Pachydactylus
• Possum
• Proboscis Monkey
• Red-bellied Lemur
• Rhacodactylus chahoua
• Siamang
• Sifaka
• Sloth
• Spider monkey
• Toucan
• Uroplatus
• Western green mamba
• White-headed Capuchin
• Orangutan
• White's tree frog

See also

• Arboreal locomotion
• Arboretum

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