Biology:Daubentonia
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Short description: Genus of mammals
Daubentonia | |
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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 | |
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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]
References
- ↑ Gray, J.E. (1863). "Revision of the Species of Lemuroid Animals, with the Description of some New Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 31: 151. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1863.tb00390.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681471.
- ↑ Nowak, R.M. (1999). Walker's Primates of the World (6th ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-6251-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q2899669 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daubentonia.
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