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[[Image:Kinkajou.jpg|right|thumb|The [[kinkajou]] is an arboreal [[mammal]].]]
'''Arboreal''' is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin ''arbor'', meaning tree.

In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in [[tree]]s or [[Shrub|bush]]es.

==List of arboreal animals==
*[[Angwantibo]]
*[[Arboreal Salamander]]
*[[Cheirogaleidae]]
*[[Colugo]]
*[[Corytophanes]]
*[[double-crested Basilisk]]
*[[Emerald tree boa]]
*[[Green Iguana]]
*[[Golden Lion Tamarin]]
*[[Indriidae]]
*[[Koala]]
*[[Leopard]]
*[[Lorisidae]]
*[[New Caledonian bumpy gecko]]
*[[New Caledonian crested gecko]]
*[[Pachydactylus]]
*[[Possum]]
*[[Proboscis Monkey]]
*[[Red-bellied Lemur]]
*[[Rhacodactylus chahoua]]
*[[Siamang]]
*[[Sifaka]]
*[[Sloth]]
*[[Spider monkey]]
*[[Toucan]]
*[[Uroplatus]]
*[[Western Green Mamba]]
*[[White-headed Capuchin]]
*[[Orangutan]]
*[[White's Tree frog]]

==See also==
{{commons|Arboreal animals}}
*[[Arboreal locomotion]]
*[[Arboretum]]

[[Category:Ethology]]
[[Category:Trees]]

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