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Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence Eurasian wryneck: Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758: 1 Red-throated wryneck: Jynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830: 2 Speckled piculet: Picumnus innominatus Burton, E, 1836: 3 Bar-breasted piculet: Picumnus aurifrons Pelzeln, 1870: 4 Lafresnaye's piculet: Picumnus lafresnayi Malherbe, 1862: 5 Orinoco piculet
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes / ˈ p ɪ s ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. The Piciformes contain about 71 living genera with a little over 450 species, of which the Picidae make up about half.
When hunting prey, the eyes focus forward in coordination, affording the animal stereoscopic vision. Chameleons are diurnal and adapted for visual hunting of invertebrates, mostly insects, although the large species also can catch small vertebrates. Chameleons typically are arboreal, but there are also many species that live on the ground. The ...
Cebid monkeys are arboreal animals that only rarely travel on the ground. They are generally small monkeys, ranging in size up to that of the brown capuchin, with a body length of 33 to 56 cm, and a weight of 2.5 to 3.9 kilograms. They are somewhat variable in form and coloration, but all have the wide, flat, noses typical of New World monkeys.
The earliest xenarthrans were arboreal herbivores with sturdy vertebral columns, fused pelvises, stubby teeth, and small brains. Sloths are in the taxonomic suborder Folivora [2] of the order Pilosa. These names are from the Latin 'leaf eater' and 'hairy', respectively.
Squirrels are generally inquisitive and persistent animals. In residential neighborhoods, they are notorious for circumventing obstacles in order to eat from bird feeders . Although they are expert climbers, and primarily arboreal , some species of squirrels also thrive in urban environments, where they have adapted to humans.
They are diurnal and arboreal animals, found in tropical forests from low-lying swamp to mountain slopes. They are predominantly herbivorous , eating mostly fruit and seeds, although some species will also eat a small number of insects.
The northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii), also known as the bushy-tailed olingo or, simply, the olingo (due to it being the most common of the species), [2] is an arboreal (tree-dwelling) member of the raccoon family, Procyonidae, which also includes the coatimundis and kinkajou.