Editing Colugo (section)

{{Short description|Family of mammals}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Cynocephalidae|Cybocephalidae}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Dermoptera|Dermaptera}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Colugos<ref name="msw3">{{MSW3 Stafford|pages=110|id=12000002}}</ref>
| fossil_range = <br/>[[Eocene]]-[[Holocene|Present]], {{Fossil range|37|0}}
| image = Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus, adult female), Central Catchment Area, Singapore - 20060618.jpg
| image_caption = [[Sunda flying lemur]]
| display_parents = 4
| parent_authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811
| taxon = Cynocephalidae
| authority = [[George Gaylord Simpson|Simpson]], 1945
| type_genus = ''[[Philippine flying lemur|Cynocephalus]]''
| type_genus_authority = [[Boddaert]], 1768
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = : {{leftlegend|#00FF00|''[[Philippine flying lemur|Cynocephalus]]''|outline=gray}}
: {{leftlegend|#ff3131|''[[Galeopterus]]''|outline=gray}}
: {{spaces}}† {{spaces}}{{font|size=90%|''[[Dermotherium]]''}}
| range_map = DistributionDermopteraCorrecting.png
| synonyms = * Colugidae
* Galeopithecidae
* Galeopteridae
* Galeopithidae
}}

'''Colugos''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|l|uː|ɡ|oʊ}}{{refn|{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Colugo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214184126/https://www.lexico.com/definition/colugo |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |title=Colugo |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}} }}{{refn|{{MerriamWebsterDictionary |access-date=2016-01-21 |Colugo}}}}), '''flying lemurs''', or '''cobegos''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|b|iː|ɡ|oʊ}}{{refn|{{MerriamWebsterDictionary |access-date=2024-11-06 |Cobego}}}}), are [[arboreal]] gliding [[Euarchontoglires|euarchontogliran]] [[mammal]]s that are native to [[Southeast Asia]]. Their closest evolutionary relatives are [[primate]]s. There are just two living species of colugos: the [[Sunda flying lemur]] (''Galeopterus variegatus'') and the [[Philippine flying lemur]] (''Cynocephalus volans''). These two species make up the entire [[family (biology)|family]] '''Cynocephalidae''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|aɪ|n|oʊ-|ˌ|s|ɛ|f|ə|ˈ|l|aɪ|d|i|,_|-|ˌ|k|ɛ|-}}){{refn|Cf. words with analogous pronunciations{{or|date=November 2024}} such as [[Meningoencephalitis]], see {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Meningoencephalitis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322185903/https://www.lexico.com/definition/meningoencephalitis |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |title=Meningoencephalitis |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}}} and [[order (biology)|order]] '''Dermoptera''',<ref name="msw3"/><ref name="TNHC"/> from [[Ancient Greek]] δέρμα (''dérma'') "skin" and πτερόν (''pterón'') "wing".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Klein|first1=Jan| last2=Takahata|first2=Naoyuki|title=Where Do We Come From?: The Molecular Evidence for Human Descent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FvxCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|access-date=16 December 2024|year=2013|page=182|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|isbn= 978-3-66204-847-4}}</ref>