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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER STREPSIRRHINI
--> INFRAORDER CHIROMYIFORMES
--> FAMILY Daubentoniidae
--> GENUS Daubentonia
SPECIES Daubentonia madagascariensis
| Author: | Gmelin, 1788. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 152. | | Common Name: | Aye-aye | | Type Locality: | NW Madagascar. | | Distribution: | NE and NW Madagascar (discontinuous). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Type locality of laniger is "forest of the east"; this seems to be a potentially available name for an eastern subspecies, if recognized. The name D. robusta Lamberton, 1934 was given to subfossil remains; it is not known whether these represent the living aye-aye or a separate, extinct species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
daubentonii (Shaw, 1800)
laniger (G. Grandidier, 1930)
psilodactylus (Schreber, 1800)
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