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Taxon: Genus Daubentonia Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1795 - aye-ayes (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1795
Original name:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1795. Décad. phil. et litt. (no. 28, 10 pluv. An. 3): 195.

Types

Type of: Daubentoniidae (Family) Gray, 1863
Type of: Daubentonioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1863 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 329. [new] [inferred]
Type, by original designation: Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Homonyms

Junior homonym (allowed): Daubentonia (Genus) DC. (1825) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 12 Aug 2021.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Cheiromys (Genus) Cuvier, 1800 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Cheyromis (Genus) Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1803 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Chiromys (Genus) Duméril, 1806 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Myslemur (Genus) Blainville, 1846 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Myspithecus (Genus) Blainville, 1839 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Psilodactylus (Genus) Oken, 1816 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Scoleophagus (Genus) Geoffroy, 1785 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: aye-ayes
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