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Definition of Arboreal

Arboreal
Arboreal Ar*bo"re*al, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. --Cowley. 2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. --Darwin.

Meaning of Arboreal from wikipedia

- Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may...
- The arboreal salamander (Aneides lugubris) is a species of climbing salamander. An insectivore, it is native to California and Baja California, where it...
- Abronia taeniata, the banded arboreal alligator lizard or bromeliad arboreal alligator lizard, is a vulnerable species of arboreal alligator lizard described...
- The arboreal theory claims that primates evolved from their ancestors by adapting to arboreal life. It was proposed by Grafton Elliot Smith (1912), a...
- some species are often ****ociated with bromeliads. They are typically arboreal, but there are also terrestrial Abronia species. Many species are considered...
- The Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys ashaninka) is a large species of chinchilla rats from the Andes of far northern Cusco in Peru. It was first...
- feliforms have retractile or semi-retractile claws and many are arboreal or semi-arboreal. Feliforms also tend to be more digitigrade (walking on toes)...
- Tree-kangaroos are marsupials of the genus Dendrolagus, adapted for arboreal locomotion. They inhabit the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and far northeastern...
- muscular effort to brace against the tunnel walls. The movement of snakes in arboreal habitats has only recently been studied. While on tree branches, snakes...
- brown in summer and white in winter is driven largely by camouflage. Some arboreal mammals, notably primates and marsupials, have shades of violet, green...