Tree climbing might be an advantage by providing: access to arboreal food, a place to cache food, and to avoid predators; coyotes, bobcats, cougars, and raptors (great horned owls and golden eagles).  Arboreal escape routes and a willingness to live in proximity to humans are thought to reduce death due to terrestrial predators. 

 

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