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. The young stay attached to the female for several weeks and are protected in her folded tail membrane when she glides. Behavior Colugos are nocturnal animals that are usually solitary. During the day they rest in a tree hollow, group of leaves, or against a tree trunk. They emerge at dusk, climb the tree they are in, and begin a set feeding pattern.