Philippine flying lemur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Philippine flying lemur lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cynocephalus volans
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Dermoptera
Family	Cynocephalidae

Where does the Philippine flying lemur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Philippine flying lemur in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Philippine flying lemur endangered?

The Philippine flying lemur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Philippine flying lemur?

The Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) is a mammal in the order Dermoptera and the family Cynocephalidae, genus Cynocephalus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Philippine flying lemur

The Philippine flying lemur or Philippine colugo (Cynocephalus volans), known locally as the kagwang, is one of two species of colugo. It is the only species in its genus. Despite their colloquial name, flying lemurs are not lemurs, nor are they capable of true powered flight, as they can only glide between trees.

The kagwang belongs to the order Dermoptera, which contains only one other species, the Sunda flying lemur, found in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Recent genetic analysis suggests two other species, the Bornean flying lemur and the Javan flying lemur, may be separate from the other species, but they have yet to be officially classified.

Both species of Dermoptera are classified under the grandorder Euarchonta, which includes treeshrews and primates, as well as an extinct order of mammals, the Plesiadapiformes.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Philippine flying lemur (revision 1379533550), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1097901 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).