Arboreal locomotion large perches in uncluttered environments. Many species of animals are arboreal, far too many to list individually. This list is of prominently or predominantly arboreal species and higher taxa. Arboreal locomotion 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 scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose numerous mechanical challenges to animals moving through them and lead to a variety of anatomical, behavioral and ecological consequences as well as variations throughout different species. Furthermore, many of these same
Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat and lips, large claws, and a line of white fur running down its head. It is in length, with a tail of . It weighs . Ashaninka arboreal chinchilla rats live in dwarf forest and are hunted by long-tailed weasels. When described, it was placed in the family Abrocomidae, but was considered different enough from existing species for the creation of the genus "Cuscomys". Since then, the Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat ("Cuscomys oblativus"), a species of chinchilla rats originally placed in the genus "Abrocoma", has been shown to be a member of "Cuscomys". Although it was considered extinct by