colugon.

/kəˈluːɡəʊ/

Forms: Also 8 colago.

Etymology: Local name in the Philippines, of uncertain origin.Perhaps 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.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Dermoptera or flying lemur > [noun]

colugo1702

kubong1822

galeopithecus1835

1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1065 Colago & Cagvang Bysaiani. Gigua Pampangi & Tagali.

1792 R. Kerr Linnæus's Animal Kingdom 89 Colugo—..Lemur volans..has a membrane fitted for flying... Inhabits Guzurat, and the Philippine and Molucca islands.

1929 S. S. Flower List Vertebrated Animals Gardens Zool. Soc. London 1828–1927 I. 68 The ‘Flying Lemurs’, ‘Kubong’ or ‘Colugo’ of Malaya and the Philippines..not yet alive in the Gardens, 31 Dec. 1927.

1949 Oxf. Junior 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.

1965 D. 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.

1971 Country 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.

1987 Jrnl. Human Evol. 16 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	colugo
释义	colugon. /kəˈluːɡəʊ/ Forms: Also 8 colago. Etymology: Local name in the Philippines, of uncertain origin.Perhaps 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Dermoptera or flying lemur > [noun] colugo1702 kubong1822 galeopithecus1835 1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1065 Colago & Cagvang Bysaiani. Gigua Pampangi & Tagali. 1792 R. Kerr Linnæus's Animal Kingdom 89 Colugo—..Lemur volans..has a membrane fitted for flying... Inhabits Guzurat, and the Philippine and Molucca islands. 1929 S. S. Flower List Vertebrated Animals Gardens Zool. Soc. London 1828–1927 I. 68 The ‘Flying Lemurs’, ‘Kubong’ or ‘Colugo’ of Malaya and the Philippines..not yet alive in the Gardens, 31 Dec. 1927. 1949 Oxf. Junior 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. 1965 D. 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. 1971 Country 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. 1987 Jrnl. Human Evol. 16 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1702
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