Daubentonia

Daubentonia madagascariensis

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamilia: Lemuroidea
Familia: Daubentoniidae
Genus: Daubentonia
Species: D. madagascariensis – †D. robusta

Name

Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795

Type species: Sciurus madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788

Synonyms

• Aye-aye Lacépède, 1799
• Cheiromys G. Cuvier, 1817
• Cheyromys É. Geoffroy, 1803
• Chiromys Illiger, 1811
• Myslemur Anon. (de Blainville?), 1846
• Myspithecus de Blainville, 1839
• Psilodactylus Oken, 1816
• Scolecophagus É. Geoffroy, 1795

References

• Daubentonia in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Decad. Philos. Litt. 28: 195.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

dansk: Aye-aye
Deutsch: Fingertier
English: Aye-aye
Nederlands: Vingerdieren
日本語: アイアイ
português: Aie-aie
svenska: Fingerdjur
ไทย: อาย-อาย

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