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SpeciesPrimatesDaubentoniidae
Primates

🐒Aye-aye

Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788)

마다가스카르손가락원숭이 또는 아이아이(aye-aye)는 마다가스카르에 사는 곡비원류 원숭이이다. 아이아이원숭이로도 불린다. 세계에서 가장 큰 야행성 영장류이며 딱따구리와 비슷한 생활을 한다. 특이한 사냥 방법이 유명한데 나무를 두드려 구더기를 찾은 다음 앞으로 기울어진 앞니로 나무에 구멍을 뚫고 좁은 중지를 넣어 구더기를 꺼낸다. 이러한 먹이 찾기 방법을 '타격식 먹이 찾기'라고 하며 먹이 찾기 시간의 5~41%를 차지한다.

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≈ 1/24th of your weight
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Aye-aye

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
2.61 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 2.28 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.42 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
45 g
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
24 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 32 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
7.99 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
2.3 years
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Gestation
167 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 165 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
0.06 km²
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Population density
40 per km²
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Volume l
2.6 Laverage
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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.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPrimates
  5. ›familyDaubentoniidae
  6. ›genusDaubentonia
  7. ›speciesDaubentonia madagascariensis
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. infraorderChiromyiformes
  3. familyDaubentoniidae
  4. genusDaubentonia
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. suborderStrepsirrhini
  12. infraorderChiromyiformes
  13. familyDaubentoniidae
  14. genusDaubentonia
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More about the Aye-aye

Closest relative on this site
🐒 Indri — last shared an ancestor ≈ 40 million years ago.
What it eats
insects and other invertebrates40%
seeds and grain40%
nectar20%
In other languages
Fingertier (de), Aye-aye (es), Palczakowate (pl), 아이아이 (ko), Aye-aye (fr), איי איי (he) … and 26 more languages

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