colugo

A noun referring to an arboreal, nocturnal mammal native to Southeast Asia and the Philippines, resembling a lemur and possessing a membrane of skin extending from its neck to its tail, which enables it to glide long distances between trees.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um mamífero arbóreo noturno do sudeste da Ásia e das Filipinas, semelhante a um lêmure, com uma membrana cutânea que se estende do pescoço à cauda e lhe permite planar entre as árvores.

1. Arboreal gliding mammal C1 formal

   A nocturnal mammal native to Southeast Asia and the Philippines, resembling a lemur, with a membrane of skin stretching from its neck to its tail that allows it to glide long distances between trees.

   • The colugo glided silently from one tree to another in the rainforest.
   • Researchers observed a colugo carrying its baby while gliding.
   • Colugos are sometimes called flying lemurs, though they are not true lemurs.

   🇵🇹Colugo

   Sinônimos: flying lemur

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