The Daubentonia madagascariensis, commonly known as an Aye-aye is a type of Lemur that is only found on the island of Madagascar. The worlds largest nocturnal primate uses woodpecker like strategies, tapping on the bark of a tree up to 8 times per second to listen for insects inside of the trees. Then after chewing a hole in the wood, it digs out the grub or insect from the tree using it's specifically designed elongated middle finger. Due to its varied features, there has been an ongoing debate as to the classification of the Aye-aye. The continually growing incisors would lead some to believe it a rodent, and was originally classified as a mammal. It's re-classification with primates has been just as widely debated.
Living primarily on the Eastern Coast and treeline of Madagascar, the Aye-aye have a predisposition to live near the canopy of the forest, as high as 700 meters up. During the night the Aye-aye will spend 80% of it's night foraging for food, traveling as far as 2.5 miles a night.
Though the males are considered to be social animals, it has been found that a females territory will never overlap with another's.
The Aye-aye's main threat is Human Beings. Not only do the natives consider them to be nuisances, local legend says that the Aye-aye was a symbol of death, a harbinger of evil and is to be killed on sight. Others believe that should an Aye-aye point it's narrow middle finger at you that you would be condemned to death. These superstitions are directly resulting in the species decline. The Aye-aye is a near threatened species.
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