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unusual facts about arboreal



Ananth Hegde Ashisara

He has put efforts to get arboreal heritage tag to 10 old trees of Karnataka, which include Big Banyan tree, Bangalore (400 years old), Adansonia digitata - Malvaceae, Bijapur Taluk (600 years old), "Pilali" tree Ficus micro corpus, Banavasi, Uttara Kannada etc.

Beilschmiedia tawa

Tawa can also support significant epiphyte gardens in their canopies, which are one of the few habitats known to be frequented by the enigmatic, arboreal striped skink.

Chamaeleo

The vast majority are arboreal and typically found in trees or bushes, but a few species (notably the Namaqua Chameleon) are partially or largely terrestrial.

Endiandra

Seed dispersal of various species in the genus is also carried out by fishes and big and small mammals as Pachyderms, Bovids, monkeys, arboreal rodents, porcupines, possums ...

Euryphurana

Adults have been recorded attending arboreal nests of Crematogaster ants.

Green mamba

Western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis), an arboreal snake found in the southern part of Western Africa

Eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps), an arboreal snake found in the east of Southern Africa and much of Eastern Africa

Lace monitor

These common terrestrial and often arboreal monitors are found in eastern Australia and range from Cape Bedford on Cape York Peninsula to south-eastern South Australia.

Long-tailed climbing mouse

Atlantic Forest climbing mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis), an arboreal rodent species found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

Cerrado climbing mouse (Rhipidomys macrurus), an arboreal rodent found in central and eastern Brazil

National Grove of State Trees

Although the mid Atlantic region of the United States has mild weather which allows the USDA to grow most of the species designated by the various states as their arboreal emblems, it cannot successfully grow a few of the state trees such as the cabbage palmetto, which is the state tree of both Florida and South Carolina, or the kukui, which is Hawaii's state tree.

North Island Robin

The North Island Robin, like the New Zealand Robin, is a terrestrial feeder foraging on or near the ground (unlike the related and more arboreal Tomtit).

O. rex

Oecomys rex, the regal oecomys or king arboreal rice rat, a rodent species found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and nearby parts of Venezuela and Brazil

Usnea rubicunda

Usnea rubicunda (Red beard lichen), is a type of arboreal lichen native to temperate regions in North, Central and South America, as well as Europe, Eastern Asia, and North Africa.


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