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Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye aye)

Mammalia - Primates - Daubentoniidae

Taxonomy
Sciurus madagascariensis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chiromys madagascariensis by Illiger (1811), Owen (1863); it was recombined as Cheiromys madagascariensis by Cuvier (1817); it was recombined as Myspithecus madagascariensis by Blainville (1839); it was recombined as Myslemur madagascariensis by Blainville (1846); it was recombined as Daubentonia madagascariensis by Geoffroy (1795), Quinn and Wilson (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Sciurus madagascariensis Gmelin p. 152
1795Daubentonia madagascariensis Geoffroy p. 195
1800Lemur psilodactylus Shaw p. 109
1811Chiromys madagascariensis Illiger p. 75
1817Cheiromys madagascariensis Cuvier p. 207
1839Myspithecus madagascariensis Blainville p. 34
1846Myslemur madagascariensis Blainville p. 559
1863Chiromys madagascariensis Owen p. 33
2004Daubentonia madagascariensis Quinn and Wilson p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLemuriformesGregory 1915
—Chiromyiformes
familyDaubentoniidaeGray 1863
genusDaubentoniaGeoffroy 1795
speciesmadagascariensis(Gmelin 1788)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Daubentonia madagascariensis Gmelin 1788 [aye aye]
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Invalid names: Lemur psilodactylus Shaw 1800 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:58:47
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available