The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primatenative to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow[3] and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks.
Aye-aye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | Daubentoniidae |
Genus: | Daubentonia |
Species: | D. madagascariensis |
Binomial name | |
Daubentonia madagascariensis |