02.07.2008 - Tracking gliding behavior in the "flying" lemur
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ADW: Dermoptera: Specimens
...colugos and flying lemurs Cynocephalidae Sunda flying lemur Galeopterus variegates: Sunda flying lemur
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Dermoptera.html

ADW: Galeopterus variegates: Classification
Galeopterus variegates (Sunda flying lemur) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Galeopterus_variegates.html?...

Gliding and Parachuting
Cynocephalus, the colugo, or "flying lemur": As is customarily said when mentioning the colugo, it is neither a flyer nor a lemur, but a member of the clade Dermoptera, which may
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/gliding.html

ADW: Cynocephalus volans: Information
Wichusen, W., M. Richmond. November, 1998. Foraging Ecology of the Philippine Flying Lemur. Journal of Mammology, 79: 1288-1295.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cynocephalus_volans.html

University of California - UC Newsroom | Tracking gliding behavior in ...
BERKELEY--The "flying" lemur of Malaysia is the champion of all gliding mammals, able to drop from the forest canopy, glide more than the length of two football fields, execute
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/17275

ADW: Dermoptera: Information
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
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dermoptera.html

Brain Facts and Figures
...flying lemur: 6: fairy anteater: 4.4: guinea pig: 4: ring-necked pheasant: 4.0: hedgehog: 3.35: tree shrew: 3: fairy armadillo: 2.5: owl: 2.2: grey partridge: 1.9: rat (400 g body weight)
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html

Chiropteran Flight
Some cladistic analyses indicate that bats are most closely related to the dermopterans, such as Cynocephalus, the colugo or "flying lemur" (which does not fly and is not a lemur
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/bats.html

Primates
Order Dermoptera. Name means "skin wing " Common name (flying lemur) is a misnomer... Two species (Distribution: Philipines; Malaysia) Taxonomy (phylogenetic relationship to bats
www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci338m/Lectures/Primates.html