Definition of Scansorial. Meaning of Scansorial. Synonyms of Scansorial

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Definition of Scansorial

Scansorial
Scansorial Scan*so"ri*al, a. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot. (b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves. Scansorial tail (Zo["o]l.), a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.

Meaning of Scansorial from wikipedia

- evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally (scansorial), but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose numerous mechanical...
- feathers suggests that basal species of Pennaraptora were capable of scansorial locomotion and gliding, and further evolution of said adaptation within...
- or five. Pacarana have 4 limbs and large heads. They are considered a scansorial species. When they eat, they grasp their food with their fore-paws while...
- (April 2018). "Cretaceous fossil gecko hand reveals a strikingly modern scansorial morphology: Qualitative and biometric analysis of an amber-preserved lizard...
- only 20–22 mm from snout to vent. Y. balticus has enlarged, undivided scansorial pads and a reduced but strongly clawed first digit, and lacks movable...
- Agrioc****us is an extinct genus of scansorial herbivore of the tylopod family Agrioc****idae, endemic to North America. Agrioc****us and other agrioc****ids...
- have claw-like nails, except for the hallux, which serves for clinging, scansorial (arboreal) movement and escape, and the extraction of certain food sources...
- D.B.; et al. (1991). "Aspects of the use of den trees by arboreal and scansorial marsupials inhabiting montane ash forests in Victoria". Australian Journal...
- scansoriopterygids provide evidence that all pennaraptorans evolved from scansorial gliding ancestors. The fossil remains of Epidexipteryx, Scansoriopteryx...
- Stephanie E. (2021). "Digit and Ungual Morphology Suggest Adaptations for Scansoriality in the Late Carboniferous Eureptile Anthracodromeus longipes". Frontiers...