- The
patagium (pl.:
patagia) is a
membranous body part that ****ists an
animal in
obtaining lift when
gliding or flying. The
structure is
found in extant...
- of
gliding flight via
membranes that may be
extended to
create wings (
patagia),
formed by an
enlarged set of ribs. They are
arboreal insectivores. While...
-
Synapsida is a
diverse group of
tetrapod vertebrates that
includes all
mammals and
their extinct relatives. It is one of the two
major clades of the group...
- the tail), and have
folds of
loose skin (
patagia)
running from the
wrists to the ankles. They use the
patagia to
glide from tree to tree by
jumping and...
- the
ability to
glide using winglike lateral extensions of skin
called patagia. The
species is
exclusively arboreal. D.
volans grows to a
length of up...
-
sugar glider is
characterised by its pair of
gliding membranes,
known as
patagia,
which extend from its
forelegs to its hindlegs.
Gliding serves as an efficient...
-
separating it from its tree
squirrel cousins:
special flaps of skin
called patagia,
acting as
glider wings,
which allow gliding flight. The best-known genus...
- hind-limbs
along the
length of each side of the torso. In the
sugar glider, the
patagia extend between the
fifth finger of each hand to the
first toe of each foot...
- Wing
membranes (
patagia) of Townsend's big-eared bat,
Corynorhinus townsendii...
- the hind feet. They
achieve gliding flight by use of
membranes called patagia.
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