Tuesday, November 11, 2008

New Flying Lemurs

Genetic and morphological characters show that the colugos in Indonesia represent several new species. (Eurekalert.)

"Scientists had recognized just two species of these enigmatic mammals, the Sunda colugo and the Philippine colugo. However, the new findings show that the Sunda colugo, found only in Indochina and Sundaland, including the large islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, actually represents at least three separate species."

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