🐒Aye-aye
Palczak madagaskarski, palczak, aj-aj (Daubentonia madagascariensis) – gatunek ssaka naczelnego, jedynego współcześnie żyjącego przedstawiciela rodziny palczakowatych (Daubentoniidae), blisko spokrewniony z większym od niego, wymarłym Daubentonia robusta. Palczak jest największym z naczelnych, które prowadzą nocny tryb życia.
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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
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderStrepsirrhini
- infraorderChiromyiformes
- familyDaubentoniidae
- genusDaubentonia
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