Definition of Colugos. Meaning of Colugos. Synonyms of Colugos

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Definition of Colugos

Colugo
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.

Meaning of Colugos from wikipedia

- another unique feature among mammals. The dental formula of colugos is: 2.1.2.33.1.2.3 Colugos are proficient gliders, and they can travel as far as 70 m...
- the Mindanao region and Bohol. It may also be found in Samar and Leyte. Colugos are found in heavily forested areas, living mainly high up in the trees...
- (Galeopterus variegatus), also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus. It is native to Southeast Asia...
- five following groups: rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, primates, and colugos. The Euarchontoglires clade is based on DNA sequence analyses and retrotransposon...
- manatees) Magnorder Boreoeutheria Superorder Euarchontoglires (treeshrews, colugos, primates, rabbits, hares, and rodents) Grandorder Gliriformes Mirorder...
- Grandorder Lipotyphla: insectivorans Grandorder Archonta: bats, primates, colugos and treeshrews (now considered paraphyletic, with bats being closer to...
- (order) as the primates and, with the primates and the flying lemurs (colugos), belong to the grandorder Euarchonta. According to this classification...
- proportions of the fossil indicated gliding habits similar to that of colugos. In the following simplified cladogram, the crown primates are classified...
- (treeshrews), and its sister Primatomorpha mirorder, containing the Dermoptera or colugos and the primates (Plesiadapiformes and descendants). The term "Euarchonta"...
- Dermotherium is a genus of fossil mammals closely related to the living colugos, a small group of gliding mammals from Southeast Asia. Two species are...