"Zhangheotherium" was specialised to a scansorial lifestyle. Chapter 8 continues the theme with "scansorial" or tree climbing birds. The specific name refers to the scansorial lifestyle. They are solitary, nocturnal, and scansorial (tree climbers). The only species in the genus has been described as a scansorial insectivore. It occurs in lowland rainforest and is probably arboreal or scansorial (climbing in vegetation). Smaller species, such as "A. stuartii," are scansorial and mainly hunt in trees. Fossils of this Miocene, scansorial herbivore have been found in Afghanistan, France, and Turkey.