Biology:Giant aye-aye
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Short description: Extinct species of lemur
| Giant aye-aye Temporal range: Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Daubentoniidae |
| Genus: | Daubentonia |
| Species: | †D. robusta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Daubentonia robusta Lamberton, 1935
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The giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta) is an extinct relative of the aye-aye, the only other species in the genus Daubentonia. It lived in Madagascar , appears to have disappeared less than 1,000 years ago, is entirely unknown in life, and is only known from subfossil remains.[1]
As of 2004 giant aye-aye remains consisted of 4 incisors, a tibia, and other postcranial material.[2] Subfossils of this species have been found in the southern and southeastern portion of Madagascar, outside the range of extant aye-aye.[3] Giant aye-ayes are believed to be very similar morphologically to the aye-aye, but 2 to 2.5 times larger, based upon jaw and incisor measurements.[3]
References
- ↑ Walker's Mammals of the World. 1 (6th ed.). Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1999. pp. 533–534. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9.
- ↑ Quinn, Aleta; Wilson, Don E. (2004). "Daubentonia madagascariensis". Mammalian Species 740: 1–6. doi:10.1644/740.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Simons, EL (1994). "The giant aye-aye Daubentonia robusta". Folia Primatologica 62 (1–3): 14–21. doi:10.1159/000156759. PMID 7721200.
- Nilsson, G. (1983). The Endangered Species Handbook. ISBN:978-0938414094
Wikidata ☰ Q2035788 entry
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