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colugo, n.|kəˈluːgəʊ|
Also 8 colago.
[Native name in the Philippines, of uncertain origin.
Perh. related to Proto-Southern Philippine *kulagu monkey-eating eagle (Tagalog kulagó monkey eagle, Bikol kulágo hawk, Maranao kolago) and Proto-Philippine *kuláRu owl (Tagalog kuwágo night owl, Cebuano kulágú owl, Tyto), though the semantic shift required has not been satisfactorily explained.]
Either of two species of small arboreal mammal, Cynocephalus volans of the Philippines and C. variegatus of Indochina, which glide by stretching the membranes joining the limbs and tail; a flying lemur.
1702Phil. Trans. R. Soc. XXIII. 1065 Colago & Cagvang Bysaiani. Gigua Pampangi & Tagali. 1792R. Kerr Linnæus's Animal Kingdom 89 Colugo—..Lemur volans..has a membrane fitted for flying... Inhabits Guzurat, and the Philippine and Molucca islands. 1929[see kubong n.]. 1949Oxf. Jun. Encycl. II. 243/2 The Colugos or Flying Lemurs are not now regarded as members of the Lemur family, but as a separate order, related to the Insectivora. 1965D. Morris Mammals 89 The Flying Lemurs, or Colugos, have always presented zoologists with something of a problem, for these two closely related species..have no other close relatives. 1971Country Life 6 May 1098/1 The comments of Darwin..are still the most quotable in respect..of the colugos, mis-called flying lemurs, of South East Asia. 1987Jrnl. Human Evol. XVI. 1 The Superorder Archonta (primates, tree shrews, bats, and colugos) is the only higher-level grouping including Euprimates that is based on uniquely derived morphological characters. |