Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common name for the flying-lemur, Galeopithecus volans. Called also
kaguan and kubong.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (
Galleopithecus volans ), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called alsoflying lemur .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
arboreal gliding mammal , of orderDermoptera , native to South-east Asia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(Eurekalert.) Scientists had recognized just two species of these enigmatic mammals, the Sunda colugo and the Philippine colugo.
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However, the new findings show that the Sunda colugo, found only in Indochina and Sundaland, including the large islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, actually represents at least three separate species.
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The colugo, or so-called ‘flying lemur’, of the south-east Asian forests resembles the flying squirrels and flying phalangers, except that the tail, as well as the arms and legs, is included in the support structure of the flight membrane.
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The colugo, or so-called ‘flying lemur’, of the south-east Asian forests resembles the flying squirrels and flying phalangers, except that the tail, as well as the arms and legs, is included in the support structure of the flight membrane.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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As sea levels, forest communities, and river systems fluctuated in Sundaland over the last 10 million years, Janecka speculates that isolated colugo populations would have undergone greater diversification from one another than other, more mobile mammals.
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A Malayan colugo glides between trees with a baby hanging on.
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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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"It appears that within smaller geographic areas, for example Java, there are divergent colugo lineages that could prove to be separate species," said Janecka.
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"It appears that within smaller geographic areas, for example Java, there are divergent colugo lineages that could prove to be separate species," he added.
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However, the new findings show that the Sunda colugo, found only in Indochina and Sundaland, including the large islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, actually represents at least three separate species.
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