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.

[edit] List of arboreal animals

• Angwantibo
• Arboreal Salamander
• Cheirogaleidae
• Colugo
• Corytophanes
• Emerald Tree Boa
• Green Iguana
• Golden Lion Tamarin
• Indriidae
• Koala
• Leopard
• Lorisidae
• New Caledonian bumpy gecko
• New Caledonian crested gecko
• Pachydactylus
• Possum
• Proboscis Monkey
• Red-bellied Lemur
• Rhacodactylus chahoua
• Siamang
• Sifaka
• Spider monkey
• Toucan
• Uroplatus
• White-headed Capuchin

[edit] See also

• Tree
• Arboretum