Daubentonia

For the defunct legume genus, see Sesbania.

Daubentonia is the sole genus of the Daubentoniidae, a family of lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar.

Daubentonia
Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Strepsirrhini
Superfamily:	Lemuroidea
Family:	Daubentoniidae Gray, 1863[1]
Genus:	Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795
Species
Daubentonia madagascariensis †Daubentonia robusta
Synonyms
Family: Cheiromyidae I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1851 Chiromyidae Bonaparte, 1850 Genus: 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

The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is the only extant member. However, a second species known as the giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta) lived until recently, becoming extinct within the last 1000 years.^[2]

References

1. Gray, J.E. (1863). "Revision of the Species of Lemuroid Animals, with the Description of some New Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 31: 151. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1863.tb00390.x.
2. Nowak, R.M. (1999). Walker's Primates of the World (6th ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-6251-9.