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title: "Maleise vliegende kat"
description: "Galeopterus variegatus — Zoogdieren. The Sunda flying lemur, also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo, is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sunda-colugo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maleise vliegende kat

> Galeopterus variegatus — Zoogdieren. The Sunda flying lemur, also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo, is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus.

- Scientific name: *Galeopterus variegatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 3350
- Wikidata: [Q5198886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5198886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74351](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74351)

## Names

- en: Sunda Colugo
- de: Malaien-Gleitflieger
- es: Colugo
- fr: Galéopithèque de Malaisie
- nl: Maleise vliegende kat
- pl: Lotokot malajski

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1926), MY (950), TH (135), ID (125), MM (63), KH (6), VN (3)

## Summary

The Sunda flying lemur, also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo, is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus. It is native to Southeast Asia from southern Myanmar, Thailand, southern Vietnam, Malaysia to Singapore and Indonesia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Although it is called "flying lemur", it cannot fly but glides among trees and is strictly arboreal. It is active at night, and feeds on soft plant parts such as young leaves, shoots, flowers, and fruits. It is a forest-dependent species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_flying_lemur

## Photo

![Maleise vliegende kat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sunda-colugo/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252380815

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sunda-colugo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).