NOUN | animal | flying cat, flying lemur, colugo | 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 |
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animal | flying cat, taguan, flying marmot, Petaurista petaurista | East Indian flying squirrel |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | flying lemur, colugo | |
Member of | Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus | type genus of the family Cynocephalidae |
Narrower | Cynocephalus variegatus | A variety of flying lemur |
Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
Spanish | colugo, dermoptera, dermóptero, lemúrido, lémur volador | |
Catalan | lèmur, maqui |
Meaning | East Indian flying squirrel. | |
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Synonyms | taguan, flying marmot, Petaurista petaurista | |
Member of | Petaurista, genus Petaurista | Very large Asiatic flying squirrels |
Broader | Asiatic flying squirrel | nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps |
Spanish | ardilla voladora, mormota voladora, Petaurista Petaurista, taguan, taguán |
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