Aye-aye

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the ecological niche of a woodpecker. It taps on trees to find grubs, then gnaws holes in the wood and inserts its finger to pull the grubs out. The Aye-aye is the only extant species in the family Daubentoniidae and infraorder Chiromyiformes. A second species was exterminated over the last few centuries.

Classification

\n* ORDER PRIMATES\n** Suborder Strepsirhini: non-tarsier prosimians\n*** Infraorder Lemuriformes\n*** Infraorder Chiromyiformes\n**** Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye\n***** Genus Daubentonia\n****** Aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis\n****** (Daubentonia robusta, extinct)\n*** Infraorder Loriformes Category:Primates (taxa)\nCategory:Daubentoniidae (taxa)\nCategory:Daubentonia (taxa)\nCategory:Primates \n