Cynocephalus volans Linnaeus 1758 (Philippine flying lemur)

Mammalia - Dermoptera - Galeopithecidae

Alternative combinations: Galeopithecus volans, Lemur volans

Synonyms: Galeopithecus marmoratus Temminck 1836, Galeopithecus philippinensis Waterhouse 1838, Galeopithecus rufus Geoffroy 1829, Galeopithecus temmincki Waterhouse 1838, Galeopithecus ternatensis Geoffroy 1829, Galeopithecus undatus Wagner 1839

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Cynocephalus according to L. Marivaux et al. 2006

See also Linnaeus 1758, Melville 1977, Owen 1853, Stone and Rehn 1902 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Cynocephalus babouin, Cynocephalus sphingiola, Galeopithecus philippensis

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cynocephalus volans in the database

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