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| Daubentonia madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788 |
The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the ecological niche of a woodpecker. It taps on trees to find grubs, then gnaws holes in the wood and inserts its finger to pull the grubs out. The aye-aye is the only species in the family Daubentoniidae.
- ORDER PRIMATES
- Suborder Strepsirhini: non-tarsier prosimians
- Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs
- Family Lemuridae: lemurs
- Family Megaladapidae: sportive lemurs
- Family Indriidae: wooly lemurs and allies
- Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye
- Aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis
- Family Loridae
- Family Galagonidae: galagos
- Suborder Haplorhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
- Suborder Strepsirhini: non-tarsier prosimians