CYNOCEPHALIDAE, Simpson, 1945

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Cynocephalidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 272-285 : 272

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6628157

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6628085

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scientific name

CYNOCEPHALIDAE
status

 

Family CYNOCEPHALIDAE View in CoL

(COLUGOS)

• Medium-sized and arboreal with extensive patagium for gliding; large forward-facing eyes, small ears, slender limbs, and light musculature.

e 50-70 cm. View Figure

• Indo-Malayan Region. View Figure

• Primary and secondary tropical rainforests and forest plantations, with trees of sufficient height for gliding.

• 2 genera, 2 species, b taxa,

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.

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e 50-70 cm.

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• Indo-Malayan Region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Dermoptera

Family

Cynocephalidae