-
another unique feature among mammals. The
dental formula of
colugos is: 2.1.2.33.1.2.3
Colugos are
proficient gliders, and
thought better adapted for flight...
- the
Mindanao region and Bohol. It may also be
found in
Samar and Leyte.
Colugos are
found in
heavily forested areas,
living mainly high up in the trees...
- five
following groups: rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, primates, and
colugos. The
Euarchontoglires clade is
based on DNA
sequence analyses and retrotransposon...
- (Galeopterus variegatus), also
called Malayan flying lemur and
Malayan colugo is the sole
colugo species of the
genus Galeopterus. It is
native to
Southeast Asia...
- (treeshrews), and its
sister Primatomorpha mirorder,
containing the
Dermoptera or
colugos and the
primates (Plesiadapiformes and descendants). The term "Euarchonta"...
- has been
refined in
recent years, and treeshrews,
elephant shrews, and
colugos have now been
placed in
separate orders, as have many
fossil groups that...
-
directly evolved, and some
genera may have been more
closely related to
colugos,
which are
thought to be more
closely related to primates. The
first true...
- (order) as the
primates and, with the
primates and the
flying lemurs (
colugos),
belong to the
grandorder Euarchonta.
According to this classification...
-
proportions of the
fossil indicated gliding habits similar to that of
colugos. In the
following simplified cladogram, the
crown primates are classified...
-
superorder Archonta (e.g.
along with primates,
treeshrews and the
gliding colugos)
until genetic research instead showed their kinship with the
other laurasiatheres...