Daubentonia robusta

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Daubentoniidae
Genus: Daubentonia
Species: †Daubentonia robusta
Name

Daubentonia robusta Lamberton, 1934

References

Lamberton, C. 1934. Contribution à la connaissance de la fauna subfossile de Madagascar. Lémuriens er Ratites. Mémories l'Academie malgache 17: 40–46.
Cohn, J.P. 1993. Madagascar's Mysterious Aye-Ayes. BioScience, 43 (10): 668–671. DOI: 10.2307/1312336

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Riesenfingertier
English: Giant Aye-aye
español: Aye-aye gigante
français: Aye-Aye géant
italiano: Aye-aye gigante
português: Aie-aie-gigante

The giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta) is an extinct relative of the aye-aye, the only other species in the genus Daubentonia. It lived in Madagascar, appears to have disappeared less than 1,000 years ago, is entirely unknown in life, and is only known from subfossil remains.[1]

As of 2004 giant aye-aye remains consisted of 4 incisors, a tibia, and other postcranial material.[2] Subfossils of this species have been found in the southern and southeastern portion of Madagascar, outside the range of extant aye-aye.[3] Giant aye-ayes are believed to be very similar morphologically to the aye-aye, but 2 to 2.5 times larger, based upon jaw and incisor measurements.[3]
References

Nowak, R. M., ed. (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 1 (6th ed.). Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 533–534. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9.
Quinn, Aleta; Wilson, Don E. (2004). "Daubentonia madagascariensis". Mammalian Species. 740: 1–6. doi:10.1644/740.

Simons, EL (1994). "The giant aye-aye Daubentonia robusta". Folia Primatologica. 62 (1–3): 14–21. doi:10.1159/000156759. PMID 7721200.

Nilsson, G. (1983). The Endangered Species Handbook. ISBN 978-0938414094