Giant Aye-Aye | |
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Information | |
Range | Madagascar |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Primates |
Family | Daubentoniidae |
Genus | Daubentonia |
Species | Daubentonia robusta |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
The giant aye-aye is an extinct relative of the aye-aye, the only other species in the genus Daubentonia. They lived in Madagascar and appear to have disappeared less than a thousand years ago. They are only known from subfossil remains.
As of 2004, giant aye-aye remains consisted of four incisors, a tibia and postcranial material. Subfossils have been found in the southern and southeastern areas of Madagascar. They have thought to have been morphologically similar to the aye-aye, but almost double the size.