The Collaborative International Dictionary
flying lemur
Colugo \Co*lu"go\, n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zo["o]l.) A peculiar East Indian mammal ( Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.
Wiktionary
flying lemur
n. the colugo
WordNet
flying lemur
n. arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps [syn: flying cat, colugo]
Usage examples of "flying lemur".
There is an animal called a flying lemur, which has developed such a membrane, but it is an insectivore and not a primate.