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Galeopterus Variegatus
Dark rufous with dark markings on the fur. Clings onto.a tree trunk. Gliding membrane which extends between the front and hind legs and encloses the tail. Grey with heavy black and white markings are mostly female.
Lowland forest
Spotted 4 infividuals on that day.
Spotted on Oct 28, 2020
Submitted on Nov 9, 2020
15 Comments
Congratulations!
it cute
Congrats Bob, great spotting!
Well deserved Bob5...Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Thank you all. I am honoured by this.
Congratulations Bob!
Thank you Albert for the correction and update info!
@Brian38 - this is not the first spotting of this species at PN.
At Wikipedia, the scientific name is Galeopterus variegatus.
There are four known sub-species from different locations :
- Galeopterus variegatus borneanus from the island of Borneo
- Galeopterus variegatus variegatus from the island of Java
- Galeopterus variegatus temminckii from the island of Sumatra
- Galeopterus variegatus peninsulae from Peninsular Malaysia and mainland South East Asia
However, since the publication of work by Janečka et al (2008), Galeopterus variegatus borneanus has widely been considered as a separate species, or even a species complex.
At PN, there are more than 10 spottings of Galeopterus variegatus, however, if based on locality, there are 6 spottings of Galeopterus borneanus but identified as Galeopterus variegatus.
Congratulations.
Congratulations, Bob. A well deserved SOTW!
Hi bob5,
Congratulations, your spotting has been voted Spotting of the Week! Thank you for sharing this wonderfully unique mammal species with the Project Noah community!
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Fantastic animal and a great record bob5. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi bob5, this Bornean Colugo, along with your notes, is an incredible spotting! Thank you for sharing with the Project Noah community!
Wonderful spotting Bob. Thanks for sharing this. The first photo is just amazing. So good to know it's protected.
Excellent spotting, Bob! I believe the first for Project Noah of this protected species.