Colugos rarely descend to the ground and there are no known instances of colugos travelling from point to point by moving on the ground. While the species is capable of gliding across distances greater than 100 m (Lim, 2007), the trees on both sides of the road were not tall enough for glides across the road. Therefore, it is possible that the animal had attempted to glide from one side of the road to the other, but landed short of the intended destination (i.e., landed on the road), and was then ran over by a vehicle. It is also plausible that a predator had killed or injured the animal and then abandoned it in the middle of the road before it was crushed by vehicles.