title: The giant aye-aye Daubentonia robusta.
abstract: Subfossils of a giant form of aye-aye are found at scattered sites in the south and southwest of the island of Madagascar, outside the known distribution of the living, or common, aye-aye. The subfossil aye-aye, named Daubentonia robusta, has massive, robust limb bones implying a species with a body weight 2.5-5 times as great as that of the living species. A mystery exists regarding how a species this large with the same specializations of teeth and manus as the living species could have existed in a xeric environment.
authors.affiliation: Duke Primate Center, Durham, NC 27510.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005269:Femur; D005580:Fossils; D006811:Humerus; D007900:Lemur / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008270:Madagascar