Flying Lemur

a long-tailed animal resembling the lemur monkey in some respects. It is about twenty inches in total length. It is an animal of the tree-tops, in the forests of the Indian archipelago. It lives inoffensively on fruit, insects, and birds' eggs. A loose fold of skin runs along each side of the body from the neck to the tail, with sufficient width to include the legs but yet leave the paws free. When the animal leaps it spreads its legs apart like a flying squirrel, and is able to soar with ease and perfect safety for almost any distance on a downward course. Also called the flying fox.