colugo

Etymology

From a Malayo-Polynesian language.

noun

  1. An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae native to Southeast Asia.
    Colugos, our closest living non-primate relatives, are able to glide as much as 150 metres (more than 490 feet) between trees. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 258

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