CYNOCEPHALIDAE (Simpson)

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

Family CYNOCEPHALIDAE (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.

• Indo-Malayan Region.

• 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.