forest dwellers

Animals among trees

Forest dwellers are people or animals that live in forests.

The term often describes indigenous peoples whose traditional way of life depends on forest ecosystems: The forest dwellers had detailed knowledge of medicinal plants.

It can also refer to any creatures making their home in woodland habitats.

Related

tree houses · old growth · shamans · indigenous peoples · native tribes · bats · wolves · herbalists · fungi · tribes · frogs · nomads · orangutans · jaguars · sloths · tree frogs · pollinators · decomposers

Categories
Opposites
habitat type

forest dwellersdesert dwellers

Those inhabiting arid wastelands

cave dwellers · mountain dwellers · marine life · steppe nomads

relationship to nature/civilization

forest dwellerscity dwellers

People living in metropolises

urbanites · metropolitans · suburbanites · town dwellers · industrial workers

Family

forest, dwellers

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G