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Daubentonia (aye aye)
Taxonomy
Daubentonia was named by Geoffroy (1795). It is extant.
It was considered a nomen oblitum by Owen (1863).
It was assigned to Daubentoniidae by Schwarz (1931), Quinn and Wilson (2004) and Karanth et al. (2005).
It was considered a nomen oblitum by Owen (1863).
It was assigned to Daubentoniidae by Schwarz (1931), Quinn and Wilson (2004) and Karanth et al. (2005).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1785 | Scoleophagus Geoffroy p. 196 |
| 1795 | Daubentonia Geoffroy p. 195 |
| 1803 | Cheyromis Geoffroy p. 180 |
| 1811 | Chiromys Illiger p. 75 |
| 1816 | Psilodactylus Oken p. 1164 |
| 1817 | Cheiromys Cuvier p. 207 |
| 1825 | Cheiromys Gray p. 338 |
| 1839 | Myspithecus Blainville p. 34 |
| 1846 | Myslemur Blainville p. 559 |
| 1931 | Daubentonia Schwarz p. 400 |
| 2004 | Daubentonia Quinn and Wilson p. 1 |
| 2005 | Daubentonia Karanth et al. p. 5094 |
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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.
G. Daubentonia Geoffroy 1795 [aye aye]
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Daubentonia madagascariensis Gmelin 1788 [aye aye]
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Invalid names: Lemur psilodactylus Shaw 1800 [synonym]
†Daubentonia robusta Lamberton 1934
Invalid names: Cheiromys Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Cheyromis Geoffroy 1803 [synonym], Chiromys Illiger 1811 [synonym], Myslemur Blainville 1846 [synonym], Myspithecus Blainville 1839 [synonym], Psilodactylus Oken 1816 [synonym], Scoleophagus Geoffroy 1785 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available