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Identification
[edit]I believe this skeleton is a Sunda colugo (Galeopterus variegatus) rather than a Philippine colugo (Cynocephalus volans) because the temporal fossa is small and the zygomatic arch appears high. See the photographs in Stafford, B.J. and Szalay, F.S. 2000. Craniodental functional morphology and taxonomy of dermopterans. Journal of Mammalogy 81(2):360–385. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0360:CFMATO>2.0.CO;2. Ucucha (talk) 22:48, 17 July 2011 (UTC)