Daubentonia

Daubentonia madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

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

Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795

Type species: Sciurus madagascariensis Gmelin, 1788 = Daubentonia madagascariensis

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

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

• 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

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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