Dermoptera – razlika između verzija

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{{automatic Taxobox

| fossil_range = <br>[[Eocene]]-[[Holocene]], {{Fossil range|37|0}}

| image = Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus, adult female), Central Catchment Area, Singapore - 20060618.jpg

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = [[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1811

| taxon = Cynocephalidae

| authority = [[George Gaylord Simpson|Simpson]], 1945

| subdivision_ranks = [[Rod (taksonomija)|Red]]

| subdivision =

*''[[Galeopterus]]''

*†''[[Dermotherium]]''

}}

 

== Karakteristike ==

 

Their most distinctive feature is the membrane of skin that extends between their limbs and gives them the ability to glide long distances between trees. Of all the gliding mammals, the colugos have the most extensive adaptation to flight. Their gliding membrane, or [[patagium]], is as large as is geometrically possible: it runs from the shoulder blades to the fore paw, from the tip of the rear-most finger to the tip of the toes, and from the hind legs to the tip of the tail;<ref name=EoM>{{cite book |editor=Macdonald, D.|author= MacKinnon, Kathy|year=1984 |title= The Encyclopedia of Mammals|publisher= Facts on File|location=New York|pages= 446–447|isbn= 0-87196-871-1}}</ref> unlike in other known gliding mammals, even the spaces between the fingers and toes are webbed to increase the total surface area, as in the wings of [[bat]]s. As a result, colugos were traditionally considered being close to the ancestors of bats, but are now seen by some as the closest living relatives to [[primate]]s.<ref name="Janeckaetal2007">{{cite journal | author = Jan E. Janecka, Webb Miller, Thomas H. Pringle, Frank Wiens, Annette Zitzmann, Kristofer M. Helgen, Mark S. Springer, William J. Murphy | year = 2007 | title = Molecular and Genomic Data Identify the Closest Living Relative of Primates | journal = Science | volume = 318 | issue = 5851 | pages = 792–794 | doi = 10.1126/science.1147555 | pmid = 17975064 | bibcode=2007Sci...318..792J}}</ref>