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Colugo

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Colugos[1]
Temporal range:
Eocene-Present, 37–0 Ma
Sunda flying lemur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Grandorder: Euarchonta
Mirorder: Primatomorpha
Order: Dermoptera
Illiger, 1811
Family: Cynocephalidae
Simpson, 1945
Type genus
Cynocephalus
Boddaert, 1768
Genera
  Cynocephalus
  Galeopterus
 †  Dermotherium
Synonyms
  • Colugidae
  • Galeopithecidae
  • Galeopteridae
  • Galeopithidae

Colugos (/kəˈluːɡoʊ/[2][3]), flying lemurs, or cobegos (/kəˈbiːɡoʊ/[4]), are arboreal gliding primatomorphs that are native to Southeast Asia. Their evolutionary closest relatives are primates. There are just two living species of colugos: the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) and the Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans). These two species make up the entire family Cynocephalidae (/ˌsaɪnoʊˌsɛfəˈlaɪdi, -ˌkɛ-/)[a] and order Dermoptera,[1]