Animal locomotion for other modes of locomotion. Penguins either waddle on their feet or slide on their bellies across the snow, a movement called "tobogganing", which conserves energy while moving quickly. Some pinnipeds perform a similar behaviour called "sledding". Some animals are specialized for moving on non-horizontal surfaces. One common habitat for such climbing animals is in trees, for example the gibbon is specialized for arboreal movement, traveling rapidly by brachiation. Another case is animals like the snow leopard living on steep rock faces such as are found in mountains. Some light animals are able to climb up smooth sheer surfaces or
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