Gliding mammals - thin skins
... This baby has skin every where. ...
Marc <> writes:
This Colugo shows its remarkable patagium, or skin wing, which allows it to glide from tree to tree in the forests of southeast Asia. Colugo has the most complete skin wing of any mammal.
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/5705.php?from=103935
http://www.uq.edu.au/nuq/jack/slides/jp21.html
Bigger than flying squirrels or the marsupial sugar glider: http://www.australianfauna.com/sugarglider.php Discuss Skins at the Oz Report forum
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