Daubentoniidae

<i>Daubentonia</i>

Daubentonia

Genus of mammals

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.

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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. [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. [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.
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