Editing Colugo (section)

== Classification and evolution ==
It is estimated the ancestors of the colugos split from other mammals about 80 million years ago, leading to the present day forms that consist of 7 to 14 extant species.<ref>[https://phys.org/news/2016-08-dna-analysis-colugos-primate-sister.html DNA analysis suggests colugos are part of a primate sister group]</ref> The [[Mixodectidae]] and [[Plagiomenidae]] appear to be fossil Dermoptera. Although other [[Paleogene]] mammals have been interpreted as related to dermopterans, the evidence for this association is uncertain and many of the fossils are no longer interpreted as being gliding mammals.<ref>{{cite conference |title=The first dentally associated skeleton of Plagiomenidae (Mammalia, ?Dermoptera) from the late Paleocene of Wyoming |date=November 2011 |doi=10.13140/2.1.1302.4322 |conference=Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 71st Annual Meeting |location=Las Vegas, NV}}</ref> At present, the fossil record of definitive dermopterans is limited to two species of the [[Eocene]] and [[Oligocene]] cynocephalid genus ''[[Dermotherium]]''.<ref name=Marivauxetal06>{{cite journal |author1=Marivaux, L. |author2=L. Bocat |author3=Y. Chaimanee |author4=J.-J. Jaeger |author5=B. Marandat |author6=P. Srisuk |author7=P. Tafforeau |author8=C. Yamee |author9=J.-L. Welcomme |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |title=Cynocephalid dermopterans from the Palaeogene of South Asia (Thailand, Myanmar and Pakistan): Systematic, evolutionary and palaeobiogeographic implications |journal=[[Zoologica Scripta]] |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=395–420 |doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00235.x |s2cid=86572864}}</ref>

[[Molecular phylogeny|Molecular phylogenetic]] studies have demonstrated that colugos emerged as a [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[Primatomorpha]] [[clade]] – which, in turn, is a basal [[Euarchontoglires]] clade. [[Scandentia]] are widely considered to be the closest relatives of Primatomorpha, within [[Euarchonta]]. Some studies, however, place Scandentia as sister of [[Glires]] ([[Lagomorpha|lagomorphs]] and [[rodent]]s), in an unnamed sister clade of the Primatomorpha.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Meredith |first1=Robert W. |last2=Janečka |first2=Jan E. |last3=Gatesy |first3=John |last4=Ryder |first4=Oliver A. |last5=Fisher |first5=Colleen A. |last6=Teeling |first6=Emma C. |last7=Goodbla |first7=Alisha |last8=Eizirik |first8=Eduardo |last9=Simão |first9=Taiz L. L. |date=2011-10-28 |title=Impacts of the cretaceous terrestrial revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=334 |issue=6055 |pages=521–524 |doi=10.1126/science.1211028 |issn=0036-8075 |pmid=21940861 |bibcode=2011Sci...334..521M |s2cid=38120449}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Xuming |last2=Sun|first2=Fengming |last3=Xu |first3=Shixia |last4=Yang |first4=Guang |last5=Li |first5=Ming|date=2015-03-01 |title=The position of tree shrews in the mammalian tree: Comparing multi-gene analyses with phylogenomic results leaves monophyly of Euarchonta doubtful |journal=Integrative Zoology |language=en |volume=10|issue=2 |pages=186–198 |doi=10.1111/1749-4877.12116 |issn=1749-4877 |pmid=25311886}}</ref>

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| label1=[[Euarchontoglires]]
| 1={{Clade
  |1={{clade
    | 1=[[Scandentia]] (treeshrews)
    | label2=[[Glires]]
    | 2={{Clade
       | 1=[[Lagomorpha]] (rabbits, hares, pikas)
       | 2=[[Rodent]]ia (rodents)
       }}
   }}

     | label2=[[Primatomorpha]]
     | 2={{Clade
        | 1='''Dermoptera''' (colugos)
        | 2={{Clade
           | 1=†[[Plesiadapiformes]]
            |state1=double
           | 2=[[Primate]]s}} }} }}
}}

* '''Order Dermoptera'''
**  †'''Family [[Plagiomenidae]]'''?
*** †''[[Planetetherium]]''
**** †''Planetetherium mirabile''
*** †''[[Plagiomene]]''
**** †''Plagiomene multicuspis''
**  †'''Family [[Mixodectidae]]'''?
*** †''[[Dracontolestes]]''
**** †''Dracontolestes aphantus''
*** †''[[Eudaemonema]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scott |first=Craig S. |date=5 November 2010 |title=Eudaemonema webbi sp. nov. (Mammalia, Mixodectidae) from the late Paleocene of western Canada: the youngest known mixodectid |url=https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/E10-074?journalCode=cjes |access-date= |journal=[[Canadian Science Publishing]]|volume=47 |issue=12 |pages=1451–1462 |doi=10.1139/E10-074 |bibcode=2010CaJES..47.1451S |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
**** †''[[Eudaemonema cuspidata]]''
*** †''[[Mixodectes]]''
**** †''[[Mixodectes pungens]]''
**** †''[[Mixodectes malaris]]''
**  '''Family Cynocephalidae'''
*** ''[[Cynocephalus]]''
**** Philippine flying lemur, ''Cynocephalus volans''
*** ''[[Galeopterus]]''
**** Sunda flying lemur, ''Galeopterus variegatus''
*** †''[[Dermotherium]]''
**** †''Dermotherium major''
**** †''Dermotherium chimaera''