Sunda Flying Lemurs are mainly nocturnal, and will sleep in holes in trees or high in the dense canopy during the day. Their climbing skills are also helpful for defence as they will climb higher into the tree. This species can only be found in Southeast Asia and on some of the Philippine Islands. Unfortunately, they are occasionally hunted for their skin and meat and considered as pests for fruit crops because they adapt well to disturbed and fragmented forests and plantations. Sunda Flying Lem

The Sunda colugo, also known as the Sunda flying lemur, is a fascinating gliding mammal found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore. Despite its name, it’s not actually a lemur—and it doesn’t fly either. Instead, it glides gracefully between trees using a large membrane of skin called a patagium, which stretches from its neck to the tips of its fingers, toes, and tail, turning its body into a natural wingsuit. This incredible adaptation allo

This is a colugo, aka a Sunda flying lemur. In Thai it's called bahng (บ่าง -- ข้อมูลภาษาไทยด้านล่างครับ)There is a small troop of them living at one of the campsites in the Surin Islands National Park. They're really strange-looking, and really cute, almost like a cross between a bat and a lemur. We didn't even know they existed until we saw them there. I was pretty excited to get this shot of one gliding. They're not actually lemurs, and they don't actually fly, but they are the best gliders o