🐒Aye-aye
Das Fingertier oder Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) ist eine Primatenart aus der Gruppe der Lemuren. Es ist ein auf Madagaskar lebender, nachtaktiver Allesfresser, der durch das unter Primaten einzigartige Gebiss und die namensgebenden modifizierten Finger charakterisiert ist. Es ist der einzige lebende Vertreter der Familie der Daubentoniidae, eine zweite rezente Art, das Riesenfingertier (Daubentonia robusta), ist ausgestorben. Auch der Aye Aye ist stark gefährdet, als Gründe nennt die IUCN insbesondere den Verlust geeigneter Lebensräume durch menschliche Aktivitäten sowie die Bejagung.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 2.61 kg
- Body length
- 0.42 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Aye-aye
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.61 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 2.28 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.42 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass45 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 32 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation167 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 165 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.06 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density40 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Aye-aye yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyDaubentoniidae
- ›genusDaubentonia
- ›speciesDaubentonia madagascariensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- infraorderChiromyiformes
- familyDaubentoniidae
- genusDaubentonia
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderStrepsirrhini
- infraorderChiromyiformes
- familyDaubentoniidae
- genusDaubentonia
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