Mammalia - Dermoptera - Galeopithecidae

Synonyms: Colugo Gray 1870, Dermopterus Burnett 1829, Galeopithecus Pallas 1783 [objective synonym], Galeopus Rafinesque 1815, Pleuropterus Burnett 1829

Parent taxon: Cynocephalidae according to L. Marivaux et al. 2006

See also Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, Melville 1977, Silcox et al. 2010, Thomas 1911 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Galeopithecina, Galeopterus

Subtaxa: Cynocephalus babouin Cynocephalus sphingiola Cynocephalus volans Galeopithecus philippensis

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Ecology: arboreal folivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cynocephalus in the database

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