Aye-Ayes

Aye-ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. These rare animals may not look 

like primates at first glance, but they are related to chimpanzees, apes, and humans.They  

live in trees.They sleep in  the day and awake at night.

They  got  big  eyes,so it  will  help them to  see  in the  night.

Aye-ayes  have  long  finger and  this  will  helps to  catch  insects inside  the  trees.

Scientific name: Daubentonia                     madagascariensis   Rank: Species Higher classification: Daubentonia

What  is  Aye-ayes??

The aye-aye is a kind of Lemur, a member of the primate family.Primates include humans, apes, monkeys and lemurs.
The aye-aye is the rarest of the lemurs. It is a medium-sized lemur weighing about 3 kg.

Habitat and Distribution (where it is found)

The aye-aye is found only on Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. It lives in the tropical forests in the east and north of Madagascar.


Body

The body of the aye-aye is about 40 cm long, with a bushy tail about the same length as the body. The dark brown fur is long and woolly, which gives the animal a rather shaggy appearance.
Aye-ayes have large, naked ears and large eyes with yellowish brown irises.

Although the aye-aye is a kind of lemur, it has two features are not found in other lemurs, so the aye-aye is in an animal group on its own:

The front feet of the aye-aye are unique. All the toes are long and thin, but the third is exceptionally long. The aye-aye taps on the tree trunk and listens for movement as it searches for places where burrowing insect grubs might be located. It gnaws at the tree to make holes, then it uses its long third finger to probe inside the holes and hook out grubs deep in the bark.

There is no particular season when aye-ayes mate. Breeding happens at any time of the year. Females breed every 2 or 3 years. About 170 days after mating with a male, a female aye-aye gives birth to one young. Young ones suckle milk from their mothers for about 7 months.