Ok, so the first 10 of these creatures aren't actually true flyers, they're considered gliders and some of them can travel great distances through the air using different tactics. Mostly these evasive maneuvers are used to outsmart potential predators and to flee from danger.
| The Colugo, also known as a flying lemur, has a skin membrane that spans the entire length of the body. This membrane allows them to glide up to 150m, "flying" from tree to tree to forage on leaves. |  Source: Flickr / yiwenwong |  Credit: Norman Lim |
