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A few other mammals can glide or parachute; the best known are flying squirrels and flying lemurs. Flying squirrels (subfamily Petauristinae). There are more than 40 living species divided between 14 genera of flying squirrel. Flying squirrels are found in Asia (most species), North America (genus Glaucomys) and Europe (Siberian flying squirrel).
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Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals found in Southeast Asia. Just two extant species, the Sunda flying lemur and the Philippine flying lemur, make up the entire order Dermoptera. Family Cynocephalidae – colugos, or flying lemurs Genus Cynocephalus – Philippine flying lemur; Genus Galeopterus – Sunda flying lemur
Colugos (/ k ə ˈ l uː ɡ oʊ / [2] [3]), flying lemurs, or cobegos (/ k ə ˈ b iː ɡ oʊ / [4]), are arboreal gliding euarchontogliran mammals that are native to Southeast Asia. Their closest evolutionary relatives are primates .
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.
This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. ... Flying squirrel [29] [30] Genet (animal) Gerbil [31] (some are diurnal or crepuscular [32])
The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of these flying mammals ...
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants. This article does not include species found only in captivity.