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Taxonomy and Distribution of Daubentonia: A Historical Perspective

Taxonomy and Distribution of Daubentonia: A Historical Perspective Folia Prim atol 1994;62:8-13 Eleanor Sterling Taxonomy and Distribution D epartm ent o f Anthropology, of Daubentonia: Yale University, New Haven, Conn., USA; A Historical Perspective Deutsches Prim atenzentrum , Gottingen, G erm any Keywords Daubentonia Aye-aye Taxonomy Distribution Madagascar Cheiromys A leitm otif of controversy permeates the within the Mammalia. The roots of this de­ literature on the aye-aye. It has variously been bate lie in the curious constellation of behav­ considered a primate, a rodent (squirrel or ioral and morphological traits that character­ tarsier, the latter being classified as a rodent ize the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascarien- in previous centuries) and as being most sis): continuously growing anterior dentition, closely related to the kangaroo. Once its taxo­ a large diastema between the anterior teeth nomic position within Mammalia had been and the molars, filiform middle fingers and determined, arguments arose over its affini­ inguinal mammary glands, to name just a ties with other primates. Finally, scientists few. still debate potential designations within the Starting in 1782, when Sonnerat [1] genus Daubentonia. Throughout the last 200 brought an aye-aye specimen from Madagas­ years, reports on the distribution of aye-ayes car to Europe, scientists began arguing over in the wild http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Folia Primatologica Karger

Taxonomy and Distribution of Daubentonia: A Historical Perspective

Sterling, Eleanor
Folia Primatologica , Volume 62 (1-3): 6 – Jan 1, 1994
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Karger
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© 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0015-5713
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1421-9980
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10.1159/000156758
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Folia Prim atol 1994;62:8-13 Eleanor Sterling Taxonomy and Distribution D epartm ent o f Anthropology, of Daubentonia: Yale University, New Haven, Conn., USA; A Historical Perspective Deutsches Prim atenzentrum , Gottingen, G erm any Keywords Daubentonia Aye-aye Taxonomy Distribution Madagascar Cheiromys A leitm otif of controversy permeates the within the Mammalia. The roots of this de­ literature on the aye-aye. It has variously been bate lie in the curious constellation of behav­ considered a primate, a rodent (squirrel or ioral and morphological traits that character­ tarsier, the latter being classified as a rodent ize the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascarien- in previous centuries) and as being most sis): continuously growing anterior dentition, closely related to the kangaroo. Once its taxo­ a large diastema between the anterior teeth nomic position within Mammalia had been and the molars, filiform middle fingers and determined, arguments arose over its affini­ inguinal mammary glands, to name just a ties with other primates. Finally, scientists few. still debate potential designations within the Starting in 1782, when Sonnerat [1] genus Daubentonia. Throughout the last 200 brought an aye-aye specimen from Madagas­ years, reports on the distribution of aye-ayes car to Europe, scientists began arguing over in the wild

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Folia Primatologica – Karger

Published: Jan 1, 1994

Keywords: Aye-aye; Taxonomy; Distribution; Madagascar; Cheiromys; Daubentonia

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