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arboreality, n. Zool.|ɑːbɔːrɪˈælɪtɪ|
[f. arboreal a. + -ity.]
In primates, the state or condition of living primarily in trees. Cf. *terrestriality n.
1971Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. XXXV. 284/2 (heading) An analysis of arboreality in two groups of free-ranging Rhesus monkeys. 1978Nature 26 Oct. 744/2 They therefore encompass the spectrum of locomotor behaviour of living African hominoids: arboreality, terrestriality and bipedality. 1984R. Lewin Human Evol. iv. 11 It is not surprising..that adaptations to arboreality form the essence of what it is to be a primate. |