Colugo

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Colugos[1]
Temporal range:
Eocene-Present, 37–0 Ma
Sunda flying lemur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Grandorder: Euarchonta
Mirorder: Primatomorpha
Order: Dermoptera
Illiger, 1811
Family: Cynocephalidae
Simpson, 1945
Type genus
Cynocephalus
Boddaert, 1768
Genera
  Cynocephalus
  Galeopterus
 †  Dermotherium
Synonyms
  • Colugidae
  • Galeopithecidae
  • Galeopteridae

Colugos (/kəˈluːɡoʊ/[2][3]), flying lemurs, or cobegos (/kəˈbiːɡoʊ/[4]), are arboreal gliding euarchontogliran 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-/)[5] and order Dermoptera.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b Stafford, B.J. (2005). "Order Dermoptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ "Colugo". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Colugo". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. ^ "Cobego". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  5. ^ Cf. words with analogous pronunciations[original research?] such as Meningoencephalitis, see "Meningoencephalitis". Lexico UK English Dictionary UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference TNHC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).