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Galleopithecus volans
Colugo Co*lu"go, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 also flying lemur.
Sciuropterus volans
Polatouche Po`la`touche", n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.
Vespertilio or Noctulina altivolans
Noctule Noc"tule (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. noctua a night owl, fr. nox, noctis, night.] (Zo["o]l.) A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans).

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- Volans is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents a flying fish; its name is a shortened form of its original name, Piscis Volans. Volans was...
- related to Maratus volans. Images of M. volans, including courtship dance Diagnostic drawings of M. volans YouTube: Footage of M. volans mating dance...
- courtship of D. volans, with the males stretching out and displaying their patagia and dewlaps to get the attention of the females. Draco volans feeds mainly...
- Kevin Volans (born 26 July 1949) is a South African born Irish composer and pianist. He studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne...
- The southern flying squirrel or the ****apan (Glaucomys volans) is one of three species of flying squirrel found in North America. It is found in deciduous...
- media related to Cynocephalus volans. Wikispecies has information related to Cynocephalus volans. Cynocephalus volans of Philippine Mammalian Fauna:...
- Volans and designated AKS-9 on 13 November 1943; and acquired by the Navy on 2 December 1943. Taken to the Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Volans was...
- squirrel Pteromys volans orii". Mammal Study. 32 (4): 151–154. doi:10.3106/1348-6160(2007)32[151:GAOTSF]2.0.CO;2. Pascoe, Lauren. "Pteromys volans (Siberian flying...
- Volán FC was a Hungarian football team from the Rákospalota neighborhood of Budapest, named after one of the main bus companies in the country Borsod...
- International Astronomical Union. The constellation was also known as Vultur volans (the flying vulture) to the Romans, not to be confused with Vultur cadens...