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菲律賓鼯猴隸屬於「靈長總目」中的「皮翼目」,「皮翼目」動物的特色就是滑翔能力極強,但無法鼓翅飛翔。相較於史前,皮翼目的多樣性極速衰敗,目前僅存1科2屬2種:「菲律賓鼯猴」與「斑鼯猴」。
根據2011年發表在《實驗生物學雜誌》上的研究,鼯猴滑行相同距離比奔跑消耗更多能量,研究人員認為此種演化的主要原因,是他們主要以樹冠層嫩葉、花蜜為食,滑行能保護他們免於摔落地面,也能幫助逃離掠食者。

References

ScienceShot: Tree Gliders Are Energy Wasters
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/07/scienceshot-tree-gliders-are-energy-wasters

皮翼目簡介
http://tolweb.org/Dermoptera/15967

Dermoptera

Classification after McKenna & Bell 1997. References Beard, K. C. 1990. Gliding behaviour and palaeoecology of the alleged primate family Paromomyi

http://tolweb.org/Dermoptera/15967

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