The distinctive feature of the colugo is the thin gliding membrane, or patagium, that connects the thin arms, legs, the neck, and digits on the hands and feet. The hands and feet are wide and each digit has a strongly recurved claw. The dorsal fur is usually brownish gray with scattered white spots. The underside lacks spots and is a lighter color. The dorsal color pattern blends in very effectively with the mottled colors of the trees they live in.
Colugos have wide heads with small ears and large eyes.
They also have distinctive lower incisors that are double rooted and have around 20 thin comb-like prongs. Their diet consists of flowers, leaves, buds, and fruits. Food is manipulated with the hands and pulled to the mouth. Water is obtained from food and by licking wet leaves. Reproduction All that is known about colugo reproduction is that gestation is around 60 days and the single young, rarely two, are born in a very undeveloped, almost marsupial-like state.