Flying lemur, sloth bat, whatever. I don't care. It's delightful.
October 14, 2014 9:04 AM   Subscribe

Presented for your delight: lovely photos of a Sunda Flying Lemur, also known as the Sunda Colugo or Malayan Flying Lemur. Despite their most common name, Sunda Flying Lemurs are not lemurs and do not fly. Galeopterus variegates, to give their Latin binomial, are arboreal, spending their entire lives gliding and perching among the treetops of tropical rainforests. This species "belongs to the mammalian order Dermoptera. It is now widely (if not universally) accepted that the Dermoptera, along with the Scandentia (tree shrews), are the closest living relatives of the Primates, although the precise relationships among these three groups remain a matter of some debate."
posted by ocherdraco (14 comments total) 14 users marked this as a favorite
 
That gliding flap body structure is cool as hell. I want that. If I ever get animal-based superpowers I'm going to be Sunda Flying Lemur Man.
posted by edheil at 9:19 AM on October 14, 2014 [3 favorites]




Amazing how they can perch upright on such a small branch like that.
posted by Curious Artificer at 9:54 AM on October 14, 2014 [1 favorite]


Great photos...the photographer certainly seems like he has pretty good command of his craft.
posted by mcstayinskool at 9:57 AM on October 14, 2014 [2 favorites]


I think the photo has been flipped upside down, Curious Artificer.
posted by dilaudid at 10:04 AM on October 14, 2014



That gliding flap body structure is cool as hell. I want that.


Just do what I did: turn 50 and lose a bunch of weight.
posted by bonobothegreat at 10:43 AM on October 14, 2014 [8 favorites]


the photographer certainly seems like he has pretty good command of his craft.

Tell me about it!
posted by bitteroldman at 11:06 AM on October 14, 2014 [1 favorite]


;-), dilaudid
posted by Curious Artificer at 11:40 AM on October 14, 2014


Yessssssssssssssssssss!

Although dangit this means yet another place added to my "OMG must visit."
posted by Lemurrhea at 2:12 PM on October 14, 2014


somewhat related
posted by bonobothegreat at 3:18 PM on October 14, 2014


Anyone here read Brian Aldiss' Hothouse? They remind me of the tree people in it.
posted by Joe in Australia at 4:06 PM on October 14, 2014


the hanging is cute and the fur pattern is beautiful but make with the pictures of the flying! *grabby hands*
posted by gusandrews at 9:02 AM on October 15, 2014




It's like if sugar gliders hulked out in the most adorable way possible. Aww.
posted by rhiannonstone at 10:33 AM on October 15, 2014


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