Colugo
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COLUGO, or COBEGO, either of two species of the zoological genus Galeopithecus.
Colugos (pronounced /kəˈluːɡoʊ/) are arboreal gliding mammals found in South-east Asia.
Colugo
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(kl´g): see flying lemur.
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Flying Lemur - gliding mammal native to the tropical lowland forests of S Asia, Malaya, and the Philippines.
Colugos are little-known, forest-dwelling animals that have huge gliding membranes, similar to flying squirrels. This enables them to make spectacular leaps from tree to tree in the Asian rainforests.
Scientific name: Galeopterus variegatus ...
Colugos are strange, medium-sized animals (1-2 kg, approximately the size of a very large squirrel) with a large, well-furred membrane extending from the sides of the neck to the forepaws, ...
The closest relatives of bats among mammals may be tree shrews (tupaiids), primates or colugos/flying lemurs (dermopterans); together, these four groups would form the grandorder Archonta.
Bats are thought to be related most closely to the Dermoptera, a small order of mammals (two species) which includes the colugos or "flying lemurs" of the Phillippines.
Dermoptera - flying lemurs or colugos
This order has only one family with two species in it. Flying lemurs are about the size of a squirrel. They have skin flaps on their arms and legs that let them glide. Flying lemurs are found in southeast Asia.
Galeopterus variegates (Malayan colugo)
Information on the Malayan colugo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 8 Images 1 Video ...
Their most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight (though other mammals, such as flying squirrels, gliding flying possums and colugos, ...
In contrast, there is just one canid, one monkey, and one antelope. I do include three bears, one seal, one hyena, one pig, and five cetaceans, plus such absolutely unique mammals as Aardvark, pangolins, colugos, a monotreme, and three marsupials.
 See also: Chiroptera, Manatee, Shrew, Marsupial, Opossum
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