• DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.005
Corpus ID: 14945429

Evidence for multiple species of Sunda colugo

@article{Janeka2008EvidenceFM,
  title={Evidence for multiple species of Sunda colugo},
  author={J. Jane{\vc}ka and K. Helgen and N. Lim and M. Baba and M. Izawa and Boeadi and W. Murphy},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={18},
  pages={R1001-R1002}
}

J. Janečka, K. Helgen, +4 authors W. Murphy

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Current Biology

Summary Flying lemurs, or colugos, are among the most enigmatic mammals. They have the most extensive gliding membrane of any volant mammal (Figure 1A), allowing them to traverse distances up to 136 meters [1]. Current taxonomy recognizes just two colugo species, each assigned to a unique genus: the Sunda colugo ( Galeopterus variegatus ) and the Philippine colugo ( Cynocephalus volans ) [2]. Because the evolutionary history of colugos is poorly known we undertook the first study to examine… CONTINUE READING

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