Giant aye-aye
| Giant aye-aye Temporal range: Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Daubentoniidae |
| Genus: | Daubentonia |
| Species: | †D. robusta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Daubentonia robusta Lamberton, 1935
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The giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta) is an
subfossil remains.[1]
As of 2004 giant aye-aye remains consisted of 4
extant aye-aye.[3] Giant aye-ayes are believed to be very similar morphologically to the aye-aye, but 2 to 2.5 times larger, based upon jaw and incisor measurements.[3]
References
- ISBN 0-8018-5789-9.
- doi:10.1644/740.
- ^ PMID 7721200.
- Nilsson, G. (1983). The Endangered Species Handbook. ISBN 978-0938414094
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