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Daubentonia

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Chiromyiformes
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 on Mammal Species of the World.
* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World : A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2-volume set(3rd ed).
* Decad. Philos. Litt. 28: 195.

Vernacular names
Internationalization
Dansk: Aye-aye
Deutsch: Fingertier
English: Aye-aye
日本語: アイアイ
Nederlands: Vingerdieren
Português: Aie-aie
Svenska: Fingerdjur

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