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Colugo
Family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colugos (/kəˈluːɡoʊ/)[2][3] are arboreal gliding mammals that are native to Southeast Asia. Their closest evolutionary relatives are primates. There are just two living species of colugos: the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) and the Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans). These two species make up the entire family Cynocephalidae (/ˌsaɪnoʊˌsɛfəˈlaɪdi, -ˌkɛ-/)[4] and order Dermoptera (not to be confused with Dermaptera, an order of insects known as earwigs).[1][5]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type genus ...
Colugos[1] | |
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Sunda flying lemur | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
Grandorder: | Euarchonta |
Mirorder: | Primatomorpha |
Order: | Dermoptera Illiger, 1811 |
Family: | Cynocephalidae Simpson, 1945 |
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Cynocephalus Boddaert, 1768 | |
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