Aye-aye

Daubentonia madagascariensis · Daubentoniidae

The aye-aye is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks.

Where the Aye-aye lives

Recorded in Madagascar (Africa).

Most records fall in Atsinanana, Sava, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Itasy, Alaotra-Mangoro and Analamanga.

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Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 156 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.