Colugo (Sunda flying lemur) at Hindhede Nature Park
Sunda Flying Lemur With Her Young v.redd.it/icblc32kwgn71
Galeopterus variegatus (Sunda flying lemur) reddit.com/gallery/ou0a7c
Galeopterus variegatus (Sunda flying lemur) reddit.com/gallery/ou0a7c
Galeopterus variegatus (Sunda flying lemur) reddit.com/gallery/ou0a7c
The Colugo (aka Sunda Flying Lemur), found in Southeast Asia, have an extension of their skin called a patagium that they use for controlled gliding from higher to lower locations in the trees.
The Sunda flying lemur is a strange gliding mammal
The Sunda flying lemur is a strange gliding mammal from the Philippines. It isn't actually a lemur and doesn't fly, although it can glide for 100 meters.
TIL that the Phillipine, or Sunda, flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) is not a lemur at all, nor can it fly. If I saw one in the wild, though, I'd think it was a flying lemur.
🔥 The Sunda Flying Lemur taking a nap in its own floppy skin hammock 🔥
🔥 Sunda Flying Lemur using its body as a hammock 🔥
With eyes that look like they're the most curious of things, this is the Sunda Colugo, also known as the Sunda Flying Lemur. Despite the name, they do not fly. Instead they glide as they leap among trees aided by a kite-shaped expanding skin called patagium. They're also not lemurs.
The Sunda flying lemur is not a lemur and does not fly. It's really a Colugo and it glides as it leaps among trees.
🔥 This Sunda Coluga (flying lemur) can make his body into a hammock to sleep in.
🔥 The so-called Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, found throughout southeast Asia, is actually not a lemur and does not fly, but instead, it glides as it leaps between trees. The colugo can glide over 100 m with minimal loss in elevation. Colugos are generally nocturnal.
This subreddit needs more baby Sunda flying lemurs
Weekly Battle 225: Sunda Flying Lemur
** This battle is now over. It was won by /u/Supdog69 with the flying lemog. **
This week's battle animal is the Sunda flying lemur. It was chosen by /u/Supdog69 who won last week's battle of the badgers with the honey badgerilla.
Megathread of all previous winners.
Battle Rules/Guidelines
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You must use the chosen animal/theme somehow and combine it however you want after that.
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Submissions are regular submitted links to the subreddit. Add the "Battle Entry" flair after posting.
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Only new OC content will be accepted.
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You can enter as many images as you want.
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The winner is the post with the most upvotes (as determined by reddit's top of the week) by Sunday at 9am EST.
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The winner will get a special crown flair for the week, get to choose the animal for the next battle, and their winning image will be featured in the sidebar.
We'll also give gold to the winner this week if their post gets over 1500 upvotes. Please use this thread for any questions/suggestions you may have for the battles or the sub in general.
The so-called Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, found throughout southeast Asia, is actually not a lemur and does not fly, but instead, it glides as it leaps between trees. The colugo can glide over 100 m with minimal loss in elevation. Colugos are generally nocturnal.
The Sunda Colugo, also known as the Sunda flying lemur, can glide over a distance of 100 m with a loss of less than 10 m in elevation.
The so-called Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, found throughout southeast Asia, is actually not a lemur and does not fly, but instead, it glides as it leaps between trees. The colugo can glide over 100 m with minimal loss in elevation. Colugos are generally nocturnal.
The so-called Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, found throughout southeast Asia, is actually not a lemur and does not fly, but instead, it glides as it leaps between trees. The colugo can glide over 100 m with minimal loss in elevation. Colugos have amazing eyes and spots.
Mother and baby Sunda Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda Flying Lemur. It's active at night and glides in the high Malaysian canopies.
A Sunda flying lemur mother giving her baby a bath while hanging on a tree before the next glide to another tree.
Funfact: The so-called Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, found throughout SE Asia, is actually not a lemur and does not fly, but instead, it glides as it leaps between trees. The colugo can glide over 100 m with minimal loss in elevation. Colugos are generally nocturnal.
The so-called Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) or Sunda colugo, found throughout southeast Asia, is actually not a lemur and does not fly, but instead, it glides as it leaps between trees. The colugo can glide over 100 m with minimal loss in elevation. Colugos are generally nocturnal.
A Sunda flying lemur mother giving her baby a bath while hanging on a tree before the next glide to another tree.
🔥 The Sunda Flying Lemur taking a nap in its own floppy skin hammock 🔥
🔥 The Sunda flying lemur just chilling on his favorite tree 🔥
🔥 Sunda Colugo - also known as the Malayan Flying Lemur
