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Colugo or Flying Lemur found in the lowland forest and mangrove forests, Seen at Danum valley feeding on sap of the tree. Sabah, Malaysia

Asian wildlife: 1) Orang-Utan (Pongo); 2) Gibbon (Hylobatidae); 3) Tarsier (Tarsiidae); 4) Colugo (Dermoptera); 5) Large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus); 6) Black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor); 7) Page semi-protected Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus); 8) Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus); 9) Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis); 10) Great argus (Argusianus argus); 11) Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus); 12) Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); 13) Tiger (Panthera tigris); 14) Lesser Malay chevrotain (Tragulus kanchil); 15) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus); 16) Large treeshrew (Tupaia tana); 17) Elephant Trunk Snake (Acrochordus javanicus). Chromolithograph, published in 1897

The Flying Lemurs of Borneo are not related to the lemurs of Madagascar. They are unique and of the order Dermoptera meaning 'Skin -wings'. They can fly up to 100m. In trees they move slowly and during daylight sleep clinging to trunks in camaplage colour. This lemur has a black baby head peeping out.

Bats (Chiroptera): a) Black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus); b) Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus); c) Common noctule (Nyctalus noctula); d) Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus); e) Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum); f) Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus). Hand colored chromolithograph after a drawing by Christian Votteler (German illustrator, 1840 - 1916), published in 1869.

The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus), also known as the Malayan flying lemur or Malayan Colugo, is, presently, one of the only two species of flying lemurs in the world. Contrary to its name, it is not a lemur, neither can it fly. It has a gliding membrane connecting the neck and its upper body, called patagium, and uses this to glide from tree to tree. It is strictly arboreal and nocturnal, and its diet consists mainly of leaves, sap from plants, flower buds, nectars, fruits and shoots. It has no eyelids, hence sleeps in the daytime with its eyes seemingly wide open. This lemur was photographed on the island of Langkawi, Malaysia.

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