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COLUGO, or COBEGO

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 737 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COLUGO, or COBEGO

COLUGO, or COBEGO , either of two See also:

SPECIES

species of the zoological genus See also:

GALEOPITHECUS

Galeopithecus. These animals live in the forests of the See also:

MALAY

Malay See also:

Peninsula, See also:

SUMATRA

Sumatra, See also:

BORNEO

Borneo and the Philippine Islands, where they feed chiefly on leaves, and probably also on See also:

INSECTS

insects. In See also:

SIZE

size they may be compared with See also:

CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

cats; the See also:

long slender limbs are connected by a broad See also:

FOLD

fold of skin extending outwards from the sides of the See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck and See also:

BODY

body, the fingers and toes are webbed, and the See also:

HIND

hind-limbs joined by an See also:

OUTER

outer membrane as in bats. Their habits are nocturnal, and during the daytime they cling to the trunks or limbs of trees See also:

head downwards in a See also:

state of repose. With the approach of See also:

NIGHT

night their See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of activity commences, when they may be occasionally seen gliding from See also:

tree to tree supported on their cutaneous See also:

PARACHUTE (from Ital. parare, to shield, protect; cf. " parasol," " parapet," and Fr. chute, a fall)

parachute, and they have been noticed as capable of traversing in this way a space of 70 yds. with a descent of only about one in five.

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