What does "colugo" mean?

An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.

What is a synonym for "colugo"?

Common synonyms include: flying lemur, flying lemur, cynocephalid, flying cat.

//kəˈluːɡoʊ// noun

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Noun

1
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
"Colugos, our closest living non-primate relatives, are able to glide as much as 150 metres (more than 490 feet) between trees."
2
arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps wordnet

"Colugos, our closest living non-primate relatives, are able to glide as much as 150 metres (more than 490 feet) between trees."

Unknown, possibly from a Malayo-Polynesian language.

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