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The Philippine flying lemur is a folivore, eating mainly young leaves and occasionally soft fruits, flowers, plant shoots, and insects. They also obtain a significant amount of their water from licking wet leaves and from the water in the plants and fruits themselves. [ 7 ]
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 ...
Philippine gray flying fox: Pteropus speciosus K. Andersen, 1908: Forest DD Unknown: ... flying lemurs: Philippine flying lemur: Cynocephalus volans Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
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
Other important mammals include the Philippine deer, bearded pig, Mindanao gymnure, long-tailed Macaque, Mindanao tree shrew, Philippine flying lemur, Philippine pygmy squirrel, Mindanao flying squirrel. There are also rare bats such as the endemic Mindanao pygmy fruit bat. [3]
The seized animals included an endangered siamang gibbon, two sunda flying lemurs, two green tree pythons, a white-lipped python, nine four-eyed turtles, a red-footed tortoise, ...
A US-contracted surveillance plane crashed in the Philippines on Thursday morning, killing all four personnel on board, including one US military service member, according to US Indo-Pacific Command.
Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans; ... Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus; Order Primates. Grandorder Glires Order Rodentia (mice, rats ...