28 Animals That Live on Trees (Explained with Pictures)

List of animals that live on trees:

1- Bees

Bees are insects like animals that live on trees and grow in natural environments in trees, gardens, woodlands, orchards, and meadows. There are over 20,000 species of bees in the world. They mostly live in that areas where there are abundant flowers. Then they built their nests in trees to hide from predators. Bees are so noisy the reason behind this is that they thrash their wings 11,400 times per minute. A swarm of bees can fly over 55,000 miles to produce 1lb of honey, and in one year, they can produce up to 100lbs of honey.

2- Flying Lemur

Flying lemurs are also called Colugus. Two species live only in Southeast Asia and some in Philippine Islands. Colleges can’t technically fly, but in Southeast Asia forests, they can glide an unbelievable distance between trees. They sleep at night on trees and hunt for insects during the day. They mainly eat flowers, buds, leaves, fruits, insects, and eggs.

3- Gecko

Geckos are types of lizards, with about 1,500 species of geckos. They live in rainforests, trees, rocks, sand dunes, and human-built areas. They usually hide in trees and bushes. Gecko feed on insects like flies, mosquitos, beetles, termites, grasshoppers, and cockroaches. Invertebrates like worms, snails, caterpillars, and spiders. 

4- Red Pandas

Red pandas live in Eastern Himalayas, China, Nepal, and Bhutan. They are animals that live on trees and consume most of their time on trees in bamboo forests. Pandas eat about 26 to 84 pounds per day. The Diet of pandas is 99% vegetarian, which includes bamboo, stems, roots, carrots, ginseng, and leaves. Panda also loves fruit. Their favorite fruit is the apple.

5- Green Tree Python

The green tree python is a specie of snake of Pythonidae, that live in tropical forests in Eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. They consume most of their time on trees and sometimes come to the ground, especially at night. They are prey to some animals like rufous owls, dingoes, raptors, lizards, birds, bats, and other vertebrates.

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6- Hoatzin

Hoatzin is a chicken-sized bird that lives in Amazon, South American swamps, and Orinoco river basins. They usually eat swamp plants like leaves, roots, and flowers. The hoatzin is the only bird with an intestinal system that brews vegetation like cows. They have a long neck, a small head, and a reddish-brown crest.

7- Howler Monkey

Howler Monkies live in Southern Brazil, Eastern Bolivia, Nothern Argentina, and Paraguay in the rain forest of tall trees and live within groups of 9 and 14 members. They mainly eat leaves, fruits, nuts, and flowers and move from tree to tree in search of food. The black howler monkeys are considered the loudest animal in the world. They can be heard three miles aside and reach up to 140 decibels. 

8- Kinkajou

Kinkajou lives in the tropical forests of Central and South America. There are eight different subspecies of a kinkajou, and they spend most of their time in the trees. They can rotate their feet backward to run easily on branches of trees. The kinkajou is also known as honey bears because they attack bees’ nests, use their tongue to guzzle honey from the hive, and remove insects like termites from their nests. They also eat fruits and small mammals like frogs, insects, eggs, and other plants. 

9- Koala

Kaola is found in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales. These are animals that live and climb on trees. Koala eats eucalypt leaves and other tree species like lophostemon, melaleuca, and corymbia. They have large round heads, big furry ears, and big black noses, and their fur color is gray-brown and white on the chest. Koalas have strong arms, strong legs, and sharp claws that help them for climbing trees.

10- Chameleons

Chameleons are found mostly in the rainforests and deserts of Africa. The chameleons that sway on trees are green in color, and those who live in deserts are brown. They have a special ability to change colors. The skin of chameleons helps them to blend with their habitats. Chameleons mostly feed on cockroaches, crickets, worms, locusts, and flies; grasshoppers and crickets are a favorite food of chameleons. 

11- Chickadees

Chickadees are found in North America and Europe. They live in forests and backyards and nest in dead or dying trees. Chickadees’ favorite food is black oil sunflower seeds, shelled peanuts, suet, and peanut butter. These birds are considered cute birds due to their beautiful appearance. They have oversized round heads and tiny bodies. 

12- Gray Squirrel

Gray squirrels are found in the Eastern United States. They mostly live in forests of pine trees and fir trees. They make a nest in the branches of trees and line them with grass. Eastern gray squirrel feed on insects, amphibians, small mammals, birds, and even bones. In vegetation, they eat tomatoes, corn, squash, beans, peas, carrots, cabbage, and other plant vegetables.

13- Fruit Bats

Fruit bats live on almost every continent but not in Antarctica. They like to live in areas with plenty of fruit trees. They normally live in tropical and subtropical areas in Africa, Asia, Australia, and in Pacific Islands. The bats that eat fruits, seeds, and pollen flowers are called frugivores. Their favorite food is figs, mangoes, bananas, and dates. 

14- Gibbon

Gibbons live in Southeast Asia; there are 17 total species of gibbon that are until identified. Gibbon spent most of their time on trees. They are so expert while climbing trees that no predator can catch them. Gibbon mostly eats the ripe pulp of ripe fruit; they also eat fruit and vegetation accessible to them in rainforests. They are so small and light, have small round heads, long arms, and short slender torsos, but they don’t have a tail.

15- House Finch

 These birds live in North America. Their original habitat was woodlands, chaparral, tree bushes, and other semi-open areas. But now, they are connected with humans in farmlands, weedy areas, and grassy lawns. These birds mainly feed on weed seeds and some small insects like aphids. They also eat fruit-like blackberries, cherries, nectarine, and raspberries.

16- Italian Tree Frog

The Italian tree frog is a specie of frog of the Hylidae family, found in Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, and feasibly in San Marino. They live in rainforests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. These frogs can climb trees and bushes. They feed on small invertebrates, including flies, mosquitoes, fruit flies, crickets, ants, moths, worms, and midges. 

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17- Microbats

There are about 1,000 species of microbats that are found all over the world except in Antarctica and the Arctic. They live during daylight hours between trees and bushes. Microbats are also known as the smallest bats in the world. Microbats mostly eat insects like caterpillars, beetles, midges, termites, and mosquitoes, and some eat fruit and nectar. They have large eyes, small ears, and enlarged snouts. 

18- Nuthatches

Nuthatches are birds that live in North America and Europe. They generally nest in tree cavities. Nuthatches feed on insects like beetles, spiders, ants, and caterpillars. They have a large head on a round body with a short neck. Their eyes color is dark brown. Nuthatches advertise their dependency by using their loud and plain songs.

19- Orangutan

Orangutans live in rain forests of the Southeast Asian Islands of Borneo and Sumatra. They spent their entire life almost in trees and built their nests on trees. Orangutan love to eat fruit like lychees, mangoes, and figs. Plants vegetation like leaves, shoots, tree bark, and insects like ants and termites. They have powerful long arms which are 2 cm long. There are two separate adult male types of orangutan, Flanged and unflanged.

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20- Raccoon

Raccoons are animals that live on trees and they live all over North America in wet woodland areas, in caves, mines, rain sewers, and near humans. As true omnivores, they eat various foods like nuts, insects, fruits, eggs, seeds, and crayfish. Their favorite food is crayfish, frogs, fish, snails, and clams. They have gray to brown fur and black mask around their eyes. Have five toes, a ringed tail, and black paws.

21- Sloths

Sloths live in Central America, Northern South America, and Mexico. Five species of sloths exist on the land. They consume most of their time on trees. Leaves, twigs, and buds are the food of sloths as they have a low metabolic rate, so they survive on relatively small food. Sloths have long legs, rounded heads, short ears, big eyes, and short ears. They are three times stronger than humans. 

22- Genet

Genets are diffused all over Africa. Now they live in dense vegetation habitats, including woodlands, savannas, villages, farmlands, and forests. They spend the most time in trees and bushes as they are omnivores, so their Diet includes small mammals like rodents, shrews, frogs, bats, centipedes, scorpions, and different fruits. Genets have slender, cat-like bodies, large eyes, and short legs. 

23- Greater Gliders

Greater Gliders live in the forests of Eastern Australia. They are also known as the largest gliding possum, with a body length of 350-450mm, and long hairy tails of 450-600mm. The male gliders are generally bigger than the female gliders. They have skin flaps between their arms that help them to glide from tree to tree and they can glide up to 100 meters in a single glide. 

24- Green Mamba

Green mamba is found in Southern East Africa. There are 4 species of green mamba. They are venomous snakes that live in trees and bushes. These snakes have long, slender bodies, smooth scales, and slight coffin-shaped heads. They are carnivores, so their Diet includes birds, frogs, lizards, rodents, squirrels, and small mammals. These snakes sleep on the tree and come to the ground for feeding. 

25- American Robin

It is a small bird in North America and mainly lives in woodlands, shrubs, and grasslands. They are omnivores; their Diet includes insects like earthworms, snails, spiders, and other vertebrates. Fruits include berries, mulberries, winterberries, juniper, and holly. American robins are gray-brown birds with dark heads. 

26- Dark-Eyed Junco

These birds live in North America and beyond the continent, from Alaska to Mexico and California to New York. They live in forests. Mostly feed on seeds and insects like beetles, bugs, spiders, caterpillars, and grasshoppers. In winter, they especially feed on seeds of weeds and grasses. This dark-eyed junco is a medium-sized sparrow with a rounded head.

27- Silky Anteater

They are the smallest anteater species and live in Central and South American rainforests. Their food includes arboreal and white ants. Anteaters per day eat average include 100 to 8000 ants per day. Silky anteaters are 12 to 21 inches long and have pink noses, long tongues, and tube-shaped muzzles. They have black eyes, and their feet soles are red.

28- Minks

Minks are semi-aquatic animals that live on trees around the United States and in wetlands in North America. They are bodies of water, such as streams, lakes, and as well as on trees. Mink spent most of their time in the trees. They hound rabbits, birds, frogs, crayfish, and insects. Minks have short legs, long, thick legs, with short rounded ears. 

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