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Daubentoniidae

Mammal Families

Daubentoniidae is a family of lemuroid primates native to much of Madagascar. Its sole living genus is Daubentonia, represented today by one living species, the aye aye, though a second species survived until relatively recently before going extinct.

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Living or Extinct
Yes 1
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Family 2
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ12358399, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Daubentonia
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Daubentoniidae
Wikidata Q2899669, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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