Lemur volans Skull Replica measures 2.7 inches. Lemur volans Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Made in USA. Known as Philippine Flying Lemur.
The skull is broad and flat, with distinct postorbital processes forming the eye sockets. Both the palate and the tympanic bullae are flat.
Their teeth (34 in number), resembling those of carnivores, are relatively small with the incisors shaped like tiny combs comprising of up to 20 spikes on each tooth. The first upper incisors are reduced, while the second resembles canines and possesses two roots. The molars are tribosphenic (three cusps), with well-developed ridges called lophs for chewing coarse plant matter.
The Philippine flying lemur, Lemur volans, Philippine colugo or Cynocephalus volans, are known locally as Kagwang, and is one of two species of colugo or flying lemurs.
The Lemur volans or Philippine flying lemur is endemic to the southern Philippines. Its population is concentrated in the Mindanao region and Bohol. It may also be found in Samar and Leyte
A typical Philippine flying lemur weighs about 2.2 to 3.7 lb. and its head body length 13 to 15 in. Its tail length 6.7 to 10.6 in. The species does exhibit sexual dimorphism, females are a bit larger than males.
The Lemur volans has a wide head and rostrum with a robust mandible for increased bite strength, small ears, and big eyes with unique photoreceptor adaptations adapted for its nocturnal lifestyle.
The large eyes allow for excellent vision, which the colugo uses to accurately jump and glide from tree to tree.
It’s clawed feet are large and sharp with an incredible grip strength, allowing them to skillfully climb trees, hang from branches, or anchor themselves to the trunk of a tree. One unique feature of the colugo is the web like membrane that connects its limbs to allow for gliding.
Its patagium (a lateral flight membrane) extends from the neck to the limbs, in between digits, and even behind the hind limbs and the tail.
The Lemur volans are a folivore, eating mainly young leaves and occasionally soft fruits, flowers, plant shoots, and insects.
They obtain a significant amount of their water from licking wet leaves and from the water in the plants and fruits themselves. Most of their nutrition is obtained by jumping and gliding between trees high in the canopy; rarely do they eat on the forest floor.
Although they are placentals, they raise their your in a manner similar to marsupials. Gestation takes about 105 days. Usually producing a single young, but occasionally twins are born. Newborn colugos are underdeveloped and weight only about 1.2 ounces.
They spend the first six months of life clinging to their mother’s belly. The mother Lemur volans curls her tail and folds her patagium into a warm, secure, quasipouch to protect and transport her young. The young reach maturity when they are two to three years old. In captivity, they live up to 15 years, but their lifespan in the wild in unknown.
Lemur volans Scientific Facts:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dermoptera
Family: Cynocephalidae
Genus: Cynocephalus
Boddaert, 1768
Species: C. volans
Binomial name: Cynocephalus volans
Conservation status: Least concerned
