Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species

Galeopus Rafinesque, 1815:54.
type species. New name for Galeopithecus
Pallas, 1780:208.
comments. Synonymized within Cynocephalus
by Corbet and Hill (1992:53), Wilson (1993:135), and
Stafford (2005:110).
Dermopterus Burnett, 1829:268.
type species. Lemur volans Linnaeus,
1758:30.
comments. Replacement name for Galeopithecus.
Synonymized within Cynocephalus by Corbet
and Hill (1992:53), Wilson (1993:135), and Stafford
(2005:110).
Pleuropterus Burnett, 1829:268.
type species. Lemur volans Linnaeus, 1758:30.
comments. Replacement name for Galeopithecus.
Synonymized within Cynocephalus by Corbet
and Hill (1992:53), Wilson (1993:135), and Stafford
(2005:110).
Galeolemur Lesson, 1840:261.
type species. Galeolemur macrourus Temminck,
1836:ix.
comments. Synonymized within Cynocephalus
by Ellerman and Morrison- Scott (1951:89), Wilson
(1993:135), and Stafford (2005:110).
Colugo Gray, 1871:98.
type species. Described as a subgenus of Galeopithecus
Pallas, 1780:208.
comments. Genus recognized by Miller
(1906a:41). Synonymized within Cynocephalus by Corbet
and Hill (1992:53), Wilson (1993:135), and Stafford
(2005:110).
Cynocephalus volans (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Philippine colugo)
[Lemur] volans Linnaeus, 1758:30.
type Locality. Pampanga Province, Southern
Luzon, Philippines.
comments. Transferred to Cynocephalus by
Thomas (1908a:253).
distribution. Southern Philippines, including
Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Maripipi, Mindanao,
Samar, Siargao, and Tongquil islands (Heaney and
Rabor, 1982:18; Corbet and Hill, 1992:54; Rickart et al.,
1993:22; Heaney et al., 1998:132).
NUMBER 638 • 23
[Galeopithecus] philippinensis Waterhouse, 1839b:119.
type Locality. Type locality not mentioned
in description.
comments. Synonymized within volans by
Corbet and Hill (1992:54), Wilson (1993:135), and subsequent
authors.
Galeopterus Thomas, 1908
Galeopterus Thomas, 1908a:254.
type species. Galeopithecus temminckii Waterhouse,
1839b:119.
comments. Genus rank recognized by
Chasen (1940:20) but synonymized within Cynocephalus
by Simpson (1945:54), Ellerman and Morrison- Scott
(1955:5), Corbet and Hill (1992:53), Wilson (1993:135),
and McKenna and Bell (1997:328). Subgenus rank recognized
by Ellerman and Morrison- Scott (1951:89; 1955:5).
Recognized as a valid genus for variegatus by Stafford and
Szalay (2000:360) and followed by Stafford (2005:110),
Marivaux et al. (2006:395), and Janečka et al. (2007:793;
2008:R1001) but not by Lim (2007:15).
Galeopterus variegatus (Audebert, 1799)
(Malayan colugo)
Galeopterus variegatus variegatus
(Audebert, 1799)
Galeopithecus variegatus Audebert, 1799:37, pl. 2.
type Locality. Java.
comments. Placed in Galeopterus by Stafford
and Szalay (2000:360) and followed by subsequent
authors, including Stafford (2005:110), but not by Lim
(2007:15), who placed variegatus within Cynocephalus.
Stafford and Szalay (2000:360) recognize as subspecies
variegatus, temminckii, borneanus, and peninsulae and
suggest that it may be necessary to eventually designate
separate subspecies for each of the dwarfed populations
and other morphological variants from now- isolated islands,
and they note the recent discovery of a dwarfed (unnamed)
form from Laos. More recent research suggests
that the diversity of the animals from mainland Southeast
Asia, Java, and Borneo should be recognized as distinct
species (Janečka et al., 2008:R1001).
distribution. Java (Corbett and Hill,
1992:54).
Galeopithecus rufus Audebert, 1799:35, pl. 1.
type Locality. Pelew (Palau) Island?