Arboreal Animals
Many species of animals are arboreal, far too many to list individually. This list is of prominently or predominantly arboreal species and higher taxa.
- Primates
- Cats
- brushtail possums
- opossums
- Sloths
- Anteaters
- Treeshrews
- Goats
- Colugos
- Kinkajous
- Viverrids
- Many rodents
- Parrots
- Geckos
- Chameleons
- Many other lizards
- Mambas
- Brown Tree Snakes
- Many other snakes
- Stick insects
- Many other arthropods
- Tree snails
- Koalas
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