Meaning of flying lemur | Babel Free

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A colugo (family spp.), having membranes between the front and hind legs similar to those of flying squirrels.

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“Flying lemurs do not fly⟳ (they glide) and are not lemurs: the nature of their relationship to primates (and to bats and treeshrews, with which they also share⟳ characteristics) is the subject of ongoing debate⟳ and research⟳.”

“Another curious animal, which I had met with in Singapore and in Borneo, but which was more abundant here, is the Galeopithecus, or flying lemur. This creature has a broad membrane extending all around its body to the extremities of the toes, and to the point⟳ of the rather long tail. This enables it to pass⟳ obliquely through the air from one tree to another.”

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