galleopithecus volans

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galleopithecus volans - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Colugo \Co*lu"go\, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zool.)
     A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans),
     having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a
     parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make
     long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur
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