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Daubentonia is the sole
genus of the
Daubentoniidae, a
family of
lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar. The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)...
- aye-aye is the only
extant member of the
genus Daubentonia and
family Daubentoniidae. It is
currently classified as
Endangered by the IUCN. A
second species...
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divided into the
families Cheirogaleidae (dwarf and
mouse lemurs),
Daubentoniidae (the aye-aye),
Indriidae (wooly lemurs, sifakas, and indri), Lemuridae...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
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indeterminate taxon within the
order Primates.
Molecular tests have now
shown Daubentoniidae is
basal to all Lemuriformes, and in 2008,
Russell Mittermeier, Colin...
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together in a "series"
Lemuriformes and
recognized three families:
Daubentoniidae, Indriidae, and
Lemuridae (including the
current Cheirogaleidae and...
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contains 41 dwarf, mouse, and fork-marked
lemur species in five genera.
Daubentoniidae contains a
single species, the aye-aye.
Indriidae contains nineteen...
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place within Strepsirrhini.
Theories had been
proposed that its family,
Daubentoniidae, was
either a
lemuriform primate (meaning its
ancestors split from the...
- Lemuriformes, Lorisiformes). A less
common taxonomy places the aye-aye (
Daubentoniidae) in its own infraorder, Chiromyiformes. In some cases, plesiadapiforms...
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Family Indriidae: (19 species),
indri and
sifakas (Madagascar)
Family Daubentoniidae: (1 species), aye-aye (Madagascar area)
Family Lorisidae: (9 species)...
