Sunda Flying Lemur
Galeopterus variegatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,100
- Most observed in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus), also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo, is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus. It is native to Southeast Asia from southern Myanmar, Thailand, southern Vietnam, Malaysia to Singapore and Indonesia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Although it is called "flying lemur", it cannot fly but glides among trees and is strictly arboreal.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sunda flying lemur”.