Daubentonia

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Lemuroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Daubentoniidae
Genus: Daubentonia
Species: D. madagascariensis – †D. robusta

Name[edit]

Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795

Type species: Sciurus madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788 = Daubentonia madagascariensis

Etymology: named after Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist.

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

Decad. Philos. Litt. 28: 195.
Daubentonia in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Vernacular names[edit]

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

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