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The Philippine flying lemur or Philippine colugo (Cynocephalus volans), known locally as kagwang, is one of two species of colugo or "flying lemurs". It is monotypic of its genus. Although it is called "flying lemur", the Philippine flying lemur is neither a lemur nor does it fly. Instead, it glides as it leaps among trees.
Scientific name authority Preferred habitat IUCN status Range ... Family Cynocephalidae: flying lemurs: Philippine flying lemur: Cynocephalus volans Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Both species are threatened by habitat destruction, and the Philippine flying lemur was once classified by the IUCN as vulnerable. In 1996, the IUCN declared the species vulnerable owing to destruction of lowland forests and hunting. It was downlisted to least-concern status in 2008 but still faces the same threats. In addition to the ongoing ...
Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals found in Southeast Asia. Just two extant species, the Sunda flying lemur and the Philippine flying lemur, make up the entire order Dermoptera. Family Cynocephalidae – colugos, or flying lemurs Genus Cynocephalus – Philippine flying lemur; Genus Galeopterus – Sunda flying lemur
Philippine eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis) Green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) A baby Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) with mother Philippine flat-headed frog (Barbourula busuangensis) Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Philippine hawk-eagle (Nisaetus philippensis) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Philippine deer (Rusa marianna)
Lemurs were first formally classified in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae.. In the first volume of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758), Carl Linnaeus, the founder of modern binomial nomenclature, created the genus Lemur to include three species: Lemur tardigradus (the red slender loris, now known as Loris tardigradus), Lemur catta (the ring-tailed lemur), and Lemur volans (the ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Coquerel's giant mouse lemur. M. coquereli Grandidier, 1867: Western Madagascar: Size: 23–27 cm (9–11 in) long, plus 31–32 cm (12–13 in) tail [70] Habitat: Forest [71] Diet: Fruit, flowers, and invertebrates, as well as small ...
The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus), also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo, is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus. [1] It is native to Southeast Asia from southern Myanmar, Thailand, southern Vietnam, Malaysia to Singapore and Indonesia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. [2]