Daubentonia is the sole genus of the family Daubentoniidae, a lineage of lemuriform primates native to Madagascar. Its only living species is the aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis; a second species, the giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta), survived until within the last thousand years before going extinct. The genus was named by Gray in 1863 and belongs to the strepsirrhine superfamily Lemuroidea.
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Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Classification
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Parent Taxon Of
Source Giant aye-aye (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ2899669, descriptionView the Source 2. Daubentonia (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Daubentonia is the sole genus of the Daubentoniidae, a family of lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Daubentonia
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 1
Wikidata: Daubentoniidae
Wikidata Q2899669, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Giant aye-aye (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Giant aye-aye, Lead, genusQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Giant aye-aye, Lead, genus
they are the only known species in the genus Daubentonia
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