Daubentonia Geoffroy 1795 (aye aye)

Mammalia - Primates - Daubentoniidae

Synonyms: Cheiromys Cuvier 1817, Cheyromis Geoffroy 1803, Chiromys Illiger 1811, Myslemur Blainville 1846, Myspithecus Blainville 1839, Psilodactylus Oken 1816, Scoleophagus Geoffroy 1785

Parent taxon: Daubentoniidae according to K. P. Karanth et al. 2005

See also Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, Owen 1863, Quinn and Wilson 2004 and Schwarz 1931

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Daubentonia madagascariensis Daubentonia robusta

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Daubentonia in the database

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