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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.
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]
The park is a known habitat of the Philippine eagle. It also has a significant population of the Philippine eagle-owl, Philippine tarsier, Philippine flying lemur and Philippine tree squirrel. [6] It was declared a forest reserve in 1996 but raised to the status of natural park in 2003. [2]
Description: Philippine Flying Lemur (Cynocephalus volans) Date: 2 November 2007, 14:20:47: Source: originally posted to Flickr as Flying Lemur & Baby, Bohol: Author: Kok Leng Yeo: Permission (Reusing this file)
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, ...
Philippine flying lemur; S. Sunda flying lemur This page was last edited on 8 March 2022, at 05:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Philippines. The avifauna of the Philippines include a total of 743 species, of which 229 are endemic , five have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the ...