arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
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colugo::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flying cat, flying lemur |
| Type of | eutherian mammal, eutherian, placental, placental mammal |
| Has types | cynocephalus variegatus |
Examples of colugo
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Scientists had recognized just two species of these enigmatic mammals, the Sunda colugo and the Philippine colugo.
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Once all four limbs are spread out, however, the colugo may even get enough lift to land more softly the farther it travels.
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Janecka said they were particularly surprised to find that each geographic region they studied harbors its own unique species of colugo.
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Some features of the teeth differentiate Dermotherium from both living colugo species, but other features are shared with only one of the two.
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In D. major, this cusp is further to the back than in both D. chimaera and the Sunda colugo, while the two cusps are merged in the Philippine colugo.
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The colugo, often called the flying lemur, even though it doesn't fly and is not a lemur, is nevertheless a close relative of the primates, which include lemurs as well as humans.
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A radio tag on the backpack allowed Byrnes to track the location of the colugo every hour or so during the night and to locate the instrument after it had fallen off.
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A feeding colugo sports a backpack containing accelerometers and flash memory to record several day's worth of data on its gliding, in particular take-offs and landings.
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Later studies revealed, however, that the alleged monkey-eating eagle also ate other animals such as colugo, civets, large snakes, monitor lizards, and even large birds like hornbills.
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- Flying lemur: arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
- Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals found in South-east Asia. There are just two extant species, which make up the entire family Cynocephalidae and order Dermoptera. ...
- (colugos) Flying Lemurs. This order of mammals (Dermoptera) from Southeast Asia is represented by one living family (Cynocephalidae). Flying lemurs are not lemurs and do not really fly. Instead, they glide, launching themselves from a high tree or other perch, like flying squirrels.
- Is the common name for any of the arboreal gliding mammals comprising the family Cynocephalidae and the order Dermoptera, characterized by a wide, fur-covered membrane that extends around their body, allowing them to glide. ...
