flying lemur

noun

1. either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.

flying lemur

noun

1. Also called: colugo. either of the two arboreal mammals of the genus Cynocephalus , family Cynocephalidae , and order Dermoptera , of S and SE Asia. They resemble lemurs but have a fold of skin between the limbs enabling movement by gliding leaps

Word History and Origins

Origin of flying lemur¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Somewhere out there are clouded leopards, pygmy elephants, flying foxes, flying frogs, flying lemurs, flying snakes, nearly 700 species of birds, about a hundred species of bats, and more than a thousand kinds of ants.

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But scientists know these creatures fall somewhere within the broader group that includes primates and primatelike animals such as flying lemurs.

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“These things could be using all four limbs to roost like bats,” he says, and it's even possible they spent time hanging upside-down from tree branches like modern flying lemurs.

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Coelacanths are as much affected by evolution as finches, ferns and flying lemurs.

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley in the US, have used tracking devices to discover how much energy it takes a flying lemur to glide through the trees.

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