gliding lemur.
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gliding lemur. — See flying lemur … Useful english dictionary
Lemur-like Ringtail Possum — Taxobox name = Lemur like Ringtail PossumMSW3 Groves|pages=50 51] status = NT status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=9869|title=Hemibelideus lemuroides|downloaded=26… … Wikipedia
Sunda Flying Lemur — Sunda Flying Lemur[1] Galeopterus variegatus Conservation status … Wikipedia
Flying and gliding animals — A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Flying and gliding animals have evolved separately many times, without any single ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times, in the insects,… … Wikipedia
Philippine Flying Lemur — Cynocephalus redirects here. For other uses, see Cynocephalus (disambiguation). Philippine Flying Lemur Conservation status … Wikipedia
flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare. [1880 85] *… … Universalium
Flying lemur — Fly ing le mur (Zo[ o]l.) either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East Indies ({Cynocephalus variegatus}) or the Phillipines ({Cynocephalus volans}) having broad folds of skin between the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flying lemur — noun a nocturnal lemur like mammal with a membrane between the fore and hindlimbs for gliding from tree to tree. [Genus Cynocephalus: two species.] … English new terms dictionary
flying lemur — /flaɪɪŋ ˈlimə/ (say fluying leemuh) noun either of two South East Asian mammals of the genus Cynocephalus, order Dermoptera, superficially lemur like but having a broad fold of skin on each side of the body to act as a wing in gliding from tree… …
flying lemur — n. any of an order (Dermoptera) of tree dwelling mammals of SE Asia, having a broad fold of skin on each side of the body between the forelimbs and the tail, that enables it to make long, gliding leaps … English World dictionary
