Flying lemurs

Flying lemurs

Order : Dermoptera

  Colugo's are also called flying lemurs. Strangely enough, they are not lemurs and can't even fly! There are just two species:

Malayan colugo
Philippine colugo

They are nocturnal, shy creatures that live in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Colugo's are in a separate order called Dermoptera. Their most distinctive feature is the skin between their limbs which gives the ability to glide between trees. The skin is much like the skin used by bats to fly. They are endangered by the deforestation of the rainforest and are being hunted by the Philippine Eagle, becoming an easier prey with more and more trees gone. To make things worse, they are hunted for their meat and fur by humans. Recent studies show that they are related to Tree shrews and primates. Some researchers believe they are also related to Bats.

Animals in the order Dermoptera
Malayan flying lemur
Philippine flying lemur

Facts about the order Dermoptera, the flying lemurs

Flying lemurs are cat-sized and possess a gliding membrane that stretches from the neck to the finger tips along sides of the body, between the toes, and joins the legs and tail. (Full text)

Flying lemurs are not true lemurs, but were once lumped into the order Insectivora. (Full text)

The common name "Flying Lemurs" is misleading since they do not fly but glide and they are not true lemurs. (Full text)

Flying lemurs are unusual animals. (Full text)

Dermoptera is mentioned in the following topics: AardvarkAfrosoricida batCarnivora CetaceaColugo (Full text)

Flying lemurs are not related to true lemurs which are primates, but belong to an order of their own. (Full text)

Flying Lemurs is a fun for fun's sake website. (Full text)

Flying Lemur Skeleton,UnassembledCynocephalus variegatus The common name "Flying Lemurs" is misleading since they do not fly but glide and they are not true lemurs. (Full text)

The Dermoptera/Anthropoidea relationship is strongly supported (Table 2) and the alternative relationship, a sister group relationship between monophyletic Primates and Dermoptera, is statistically refuted (Table 3). (Full text)

Malayan Flying LemurCynocephalus variegatus The common name "Flying Lemurs" is misleading since they do not fly but glide and they are not true lemurs. (Full text)

Lemur Skeleton, FlyingCynocephalus variegatus The common name "Flying Lemurs" is misleading since they do not fly but glide and they are not true lemurs. (Full text)

Research Dermestidae DERMOPTERA Dermoptera is the flying lemur order of mammals. (Full text)

One order of mammals, the colugos (Dermoptera), is endemic to the ecozone, as are families Tupaiidae (tree shrews) and Hylobatidae (gibbons). (Full text)

Flying lemurs are solitary animals and although up to 12 may be found per hectare, if two males find themselves in the same tree, they become aggressive toward each other until one leaves. (Full text)

The intestinal tract of colugos ("flying lemurs") is specialized with a long cecum for: insectivory - herbivory - carnivory. (Full text)

1. Dermoptera, order Dermoptera -- (flying lemurs)
Dermoptera
order Dermoptera
(Source WordNet)