Creature Feature
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Creature Feature
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Aye-Aye
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Fast Facts
• Scientific name: Daubentonia madagascariensis
• Part of the Lemur family
• Weight: 5.5 lb • Length: 12–15 in
with 17–21 in tail
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Feeding Mechanism
• Taps on trees to find grubs
• Gnaws holes in the wood
• Inserts its elongated middle finger to pull the grubs out
• Middle finger can be up to three times longer than the others
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Habitat
• World's largest nocturnal primate
• Lives in forest canopies• Natural habitat is
rainforest or deciduous forest
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Distribution
Only found in Madagascar
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Conservation
• Endangered species because its habitat is being destroyed
• Also due to native superstition.
• Besides being a general nuisance in villages, ancient Malagasy legend said that the Aye-aye was a symbol of death.
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpkXHX_7ju0