Arboreal theory and feet that were capable of grasping. This was also a result of arboreal life, which required a great deal of crawling along branches, and reaching out for fruit and other food. These early primates were likely to have eaten foods found in trees, such as flowers, fruits, berries, gums, leaves, and insects. They are thought to have shifted their diets towards insects in the early Cenozoic era, when insects became more numerous. Arboreal theory This theory is proposed by Grafton Elliott-Smith (1912) who was a neuroanatomist who was chiefly concerned with the emergence of the primate brain. The arboreal
Long-tongued arboreal mouse Long-tongued arboreal mouse The long-tongued arboreal mouse ("Rhagomys longilingua") is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in a variety of habitats, including dense forest, in Bolivia and Peru at elevations from on the eastern side of the Andes. The species is at least partly arboreal. It is distinguished from the Brazilian arboreal mouse ("R. rufescens"), the only other known member of "Rhagomys", by spiny fur and certain skull features such as the presence of beading in the interorbital region. The adult long-tongued arboreal mouse weighs in the range and has a tail that is