English > flying lemur: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | 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 cat, colugo |
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Member of | Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus | type genus of the family Cynocephalidae |
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Narrower | Cynocephalus variegatus | A variety of flying lemur |
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Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
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Spanish | colugo, dermoptera, dermóptero, lemúrido, lémur volador |
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Catalan | lèmur, maqui |
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