This Mysterious Gliding Mammal Is a 'Sister' to Primates

This finding could help scientists develop a clearer picture of evolution in the earliest primates, the researchers suggested. There are only two known colugo species — sometimes referred to as "flying lemurs," though they are not lemurs and do not fly — and they are poorly understood for a number of reasons, according to study co-author William Murphy, a professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences at Texas A&M University. Colugos' unusual gliding adaptation