Comments on: New Flying Lemur Discovered

By: Peter Loh

Peter Loh — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:34:01 +0000

Hi Loren, I have also been photographing these animals for years. Spoken to Norman Lim (the researcher and photographer of this picture) on a few occasions. For a glimpse of my Colugo photos, visit my photo album. Most of the photos are on pages 2,3 and 4 of the album. Cheers

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:06:40 +0000

Rogutaan:
I agree with you!!!
Looks like a flying stingray…:)

By: fortgeorge

fortgeorge — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:59:22 +0000

WOW! Awesome picture! Hope they find some way to preserve their habitat.

By: Rogutaan

Rogutaan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:08:45 +0000

That is one creepy looking creature…

By: aspenparkland

aspenparkland — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:09:28 +0000

This may just be the beginning. The paper in the Nov. 11 issue of Current Biology says that nuclear DNA suggests that the mainland populations may be split.

The last taxonomy review recognized 4 subspecies instead of up to 18 species of earlier classifications, but says further study is needed on dwarf inland forms to determine subspecific status. It also mentions a newly discovered dwarf form from Laos. (Journal of Mammalogy, 81(2):360–385, 2000)

Since the new study found surprising genetic diversity in a “morphologically conservative” genus, the species count could be much higher.

By: helgarde

helgarde — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:40:58 +0000

What a cool critter!

My two year old loves this picture of the mother and baby lemur.

She keeps pointing at it and saying, “Mama, baby, fly!”