44 MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WORLD 



pines. The common tree shrew is known in the Philippines only 

 from Palawan Island. 



The Pen-tailed Tree Shrew (Ptilocercus) is found in Bor- 

 neo, Sumatra, and the Malay States. It is dark brownish above, 

 with yellowish cheeks and white underparts. A black mask runs 

 from the eye to the nose; the tail is chiefly blackish but the 

 feather-like tuft at its end is mixed with white. It is not at all 

 common. 



Slender-tailed Tree Shrews {Dendrogale^ Urogale), their 

 tails without the bushiness of the common kind or the feather- 

 like tuft of Ptilocercus^ occur in Indo-China and Borneo. Uro- 

 gale is restricted to Mindanao, the Philippines. 



Fig. 19 — Flying Lemur 



Flying Lemurs. Order Dermoptera. 

 Family Cynocephalid^ 



The Flying Lemurs (Cynocephalus), sometimes called co- 

 begos, colugos, or caguans, are about the size of a large squir- 

 rel. The face is somewhat dog-like, the limbs and tail long. 

 A broad, thin membrane of furry skin stretches from the neck 



