Aye-aye
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| Aye-aye | |
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| An aye-aye eating banana flowers | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Daubentoniidae Gray, 1863 |
| Genus: | Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795 |
| Binomial name | |
| Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788) |
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The Aye-aye is a mammal that lives in rain forests of Madagascar, a large island off the southeast coast of Africa. This solitary animal is nocturnal (most active at night). The Aye-aye spends most of its time in trees. During the day, the Aye-aye sleeps in a nest which is located in the fork of a tree. It builds the nest out of leaves and twigs.
The scientific name of the Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) these genus and species. Aye-ayes are primates, mammals closely related to monkeys, apes, and people.
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