Daubentonia

Daubentonia
	Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Superfamily:	Lemuroidea
Family:	Daubentoniidae; Gray, 1863
Genus:	Daubentonia; É. Geoffroy, 1795
Species
	Daubentonia madagascariensis; †Daubentonia robusta
Synonyms
	Family: Cheiromyidae I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1851; Chiromyidae Bonaparte, 1850; Genus: Aye-aye Lacépède, 1799; Cheiromys G. Cuvier, 1817; Cheyromys É. Geoffroy, 1803; Chiromys Illiger, 1811; Myslemur Anon. [?de Blainville], 1846; Myspithecus de Blainville, 1839; Psilodactylus Oken, 1816; Scolecophagus É. Geoffroy, 1795;

Daubentonia is the sole genus of the Daubentoniidae, a family of lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar.

The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is the only extant member. However, a second species known as the giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta) lived until recently, becoming extinct within the last 1000 years.^[2]

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Daubentonia

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Superfamily:	Lemuroidea
Family:	Daubentoniidae Gray, 1863^[1]
Genus:	Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795
Species
Daubentonia madagascariensis †Daubentonia robusta
Synonyms
Family: Cheiromyidae I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1851 Chiromyidae Bonaparte, 1850 Genus: Aye-aye Lacépède, 1799 Cheiromys G. Cuvier, 1817 Cheyromys É. Geoffroy, 1803 Chiromys Illiger, 1811 Myslemur Anon. [?de Blainville], 1846 Myspithecus de Blainville, 1839 Psilodactylus Oken, 1816 Scolecophagus É. Geoffroy, 1795