Dermoptera (Noun)
Meaning
Flying lemurs.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The order Dermoptera consists of a single family, Cynocephalidae, commonly known as colugos or flying lemurs.
- Colugos, also known as flying lemurs, are found in Southeast Asia and are the only living members of the order Dermoptera.
- Flying lemurs are the only members of the order Dermoptera and, as a result, they have unique characteristics.
- The name Dermoptera comes from the Greek words for 'skin' and 'wing', referring to the membrane called the patagium that covers the body of flying lemurs.
- Flying lemurs are mistakenly believed to be closely related to true lemurs, but they actually belong to their own distinct order, Dermoptera.