Daubentonia madagascariensis

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Aye-aye

Side view of skull
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Location:USA, DC, Washington, National Museum of Natural HistoryDate taken:1 January 1980Description:Side view of skull

Distribution :

NE and NW Madagascar (discontinuous).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 660

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Chiromyiformes
Family: Daubentoniidae
Genus: Daubentonia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gmelin, J.F. 1788-07-25. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Georg Emanuel Beer, Leipzig, 500 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751372

Original name as described

Sciurus madagascariensis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1546

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1546

Type locality

Western Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000929

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Sciurus madagascariensis

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1546

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Habitat in occidentali parte insulae Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1546

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751372

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Cuvier (1797:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Illiger (1811:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36105)
Cuvier (1816:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
Elliot (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Sciurus madagascarensis:

Kerr, 1792

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

madagascarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664289

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Lemur psilodactilus

von Schreber, 1798

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

psilodactila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

pl. 38D

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060052

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Aye-aye madagascariensis:

de Lacépède, 1799

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lacépède (1799:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
Fischer (1803:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
Fischer (1813:438, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)

Lemur Psilodactylus

G. K. Shaw, 1800

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

psilodactyla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Original type locality

This species is a native of Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150784

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shaw (1800:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Elliot (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Cheiromys Madagascariensis:

Daudin, 1802

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033445

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Fischer (1813:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Voigt (1819:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Muirhead (1819:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Ranzani (1820:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
Desmarest (1821:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Gray (1821:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
Schinz (1821:310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1878:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Elliot (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Cheyromis madagascariensis:

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Sciurus Aye

J. Wolf, 1808

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

aye

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1546

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Habitat in occidentali parte insulae Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1546

Authority page

517

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1808:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Galago psilodactylus:

Goldfuss, 1809

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

psilodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497922

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Chiromys Madagascariensis:

Illiger, 1815

Family

Daubentoniidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Goldfuss (1820:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
Lesson (1827:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
Carus (1868:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36932291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61667)
Sclater (1872:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:695, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Trouessart (1904:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Weber (1928:738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)

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