• Thumbnail for Arboreal locomotion
    Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals...
    20 KB (2,384 words) - 13:35, 23 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Animal locomotion
    crickets. Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. Some animals may only scale trees occasionally, while others are exclusively arboreal. These...
    78 KB (8,879 words) - 20:25, 8 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tree-kangaroo
    Tree-kangaroos are marsupials of the genus Dendrolagus, adapted for arboreal locomotion. They inhabit the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and far northeastern...
    21 KB (2,201 words) - 17:30, 15 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snake
    Snake (redirect from Snake locomotion)
    movement of snakes in arboreal habitats has only recently been studied. While on tree branches, snakes use several modes of locomotion depending on species...
    152 KB (15,153 words) - 07:01, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Primate
    Primate (section Locomotion)
    primarily ground-dwelling rather than arboreal, but all species have adaptations for climbing trees. Arboreal locomotion techniques used include leaping from...
    161 KB (16,535 words) - 06:12, 14 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Terrestrial locomotion
    all other habitats. Many species of monkeys and apes use a form of arboreal locomotion known as brachiation, with forelimbs as the prime mover. Some elements...
    32 KB (4,160 words) - 05:26, 17 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brachiation
    Brachiation (category Arboreal locomotion)
    (from "brachium", Latin for "arm"), or arm swinging, is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their...
    12 KB (1,419 words) - 15:42, 7 September 2024
  • Suspensory behavior (category Arboreal locomotion)
    Suspensory behaviour is a form of arboreal locomotion or a feeding behavior that involves hanging or suspension of the body below or among tree branches...
    18 KB (2,202 words) - 12:28, 19 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tail
    opossums, have grasping prehensile tails, which are adapted for arboreal locomotion. Many animals use their tail for utility purposes, for example many...
    13 KB (1,399 words) - 15:36, 1 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rhacophorus kio
    Ya-Ping; Li, Jia-Tang (14 March 2022). "Genomic adaptations for arboreal locomotion in Asian flying treefrogs". Proceedings of the National Academy of...
    13 KB (1,822 words) - 04:19, 24 June 2024
  • Concertina movement (category Terrestrial locomotion)
    could be used in lateral undulation and perform concertina. Arboreal concertina locomotion is employed on bare branches on trees, when secondary branches...
    6 KB (714 words) - 07:03, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gait
    Gait (category Terrestrial locomotion)
    pattern of movement of the limbs of animals, including humans, during locomotion over a solid substrate. Most animals use a variety of gaits, selecting...
    13 KB (1,645 words) - 07:32, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rotating locomotion in living systems
    Several organisms are capable of rolling locomotion. However, true wheels and propellers—despite their utility in human vehicles—do not play a significant...
    61 KB (5,834 words) - 20:46, 15 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coquerel's sifaka
    when propelling itself between branches or trunks. This style of arboreal locomotion is characteristic of most, if not all, lemurs. This particular lemur...
    22 KB (2,746 words) - 17:11, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sesamoid bone
    likely originally evolved the "pseudo-thumb" in order to assist in arboreal locomotion. When the red panda later evolved to consume a bamboo diet, the enlarged...
    15 KB (1,601 words) - 23:58, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chionophile
    White-rumped sandpiper Wolverine Yellow-billed loon Aquatic animals Arboreal locomotion List of birds of Antarctica Psychrophile Troglobite Xerocole "Winter:...
    7 KB (865 words) - 16:28, 24 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red slender loris
    close relative the gray slender loris in its frequent use of rapid arboreal locomotion. It forms small social groups, containing adults of both sexes as...
    11 KB (1,236 words) - 02:19, 14 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bipedalism
    moving arboreally and hopping on both feet simultaneously when on the ground. Many species of lizards become bipedal during high-speed, sprint locomotion, including...
    80 KB (9,571 words) - 18:49, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chimpanzee
    when in oestrus. Chimpanzees are adapted for both arboreal and terrestrial locomotion. Arboreal locomotion consists of vertical climbing and brachiation....
    120 KB (13,066 words) - 01:10, 21 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red panda
    the modern species, suggesting the appendage was an adaptation to arboreal locomotion and not to feed on bamboo. Later and more advanced ailurids are classified...
    87 KB (9,477 words) - 15:13, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Common marmoset
    nails or ungulae that most other primates have. Marmosets have an arboreal locomotion similar to squirrels. They can hang onto trees vertically and leap...
    32 KB (2,682 words) - 17:15, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Strepsirrhini
    extinct strepsirrhines are behaviorally diverse, although all are primarily arboreal (tree-dwelling). Most living lemuriforms are nocturnal, while most adapiforms...
    83 KB (8,604 words) - 01:07, 9 December 2024
  • climb game environments The Climb 2, a sequel to The Climb Arboreal locomotion, animal locomotion while on trees, rocks, mountains, or cliffs Climbing salamander...
    3 KB (408 words) - 11:15, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shoulder girdle
    better force transfer through it - a very important function in arboreal locomotion. Chimpanzee scapulas also possess a considerably larger supraspinous...
    15 KB (1,853 words) - 16:10, 12 September 2024
  • machine to move smoothly with reduced shock Suspensory behavior, arboreal locomotion of primates Suspend to disk, also known as hibernation, powering...
    2 KB (320 words) - 14:03, 13 May 2024
  • well underway by 4.4 million years ago, even with the ability for arboreal locomotion still present in the hands and limbs. Ardi's foot is a special area...
    15 KB (1,513 words) - 13:19, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aquatic locomotion
    Aquatic locomotion or swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. The simplest propulsive systems are composed of cilia and flagella...
    49 KB (6,602 words) - 22:05, 20 December 2024
  • R. H. (2006). "Orangutan positional behavior and the nature of arboreal locomotion in Hominoidea". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 131 (3):...
    36 KB (3,965 words) - 20:12, 2 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Therizinosaurus
    against predators and juveniles could have used their claws for arboreal locomotion, in a similar way to the modern-day sloths or hoatzin chicks. In...
    63 KB (7,229 words) - 09:30, 23 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Australopithecus afarensis
    upper limbs are reminiscent of orangutans, which would indicate arboreal locomotion. However, this is much debated, as tree-climbing adaptations could...
    66 KB (8,241 words) - 05:10, 14 December 2024