... and chameleons. A considerable portion of animal activity occurs in the canopy, where light is not limiting and plant productivity is maximized; in this complex landscape, adaptations for arboreality abound. Locomotory modes include climbing, jumping, brachiation, gliding, and flight. There are many specific adaptations such as sharp claws for climbing, opposed digits and prehensile tails for wrapping around branches and twigs, long ... at some time in the past. For example, the chevrotain group, secretive forest understory dwellers that are unlikely to disperse across any nonforest bar...

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