Thomas Bancroft Photography

Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

An Aye-Aye uses its middle finger to pull polp from the inside of a fig. These lemurs have continually growing insisors that they use to dig into rotten logs looking for grubs. They fill a niche similar to woodpeckers. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

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Image Size: 2500x1875 / 871.6KB; Africa Animals Aye-Aye Daubentonia madgascariensis Daubentoniidae Madagascar Mammals Masoala National Park Primate Strepsirrhina Wet-nosed Primates
Contained in galleries: Madagascar Portfolio

An Aye-Aye uses its middle finger to pull polp from the inside of a fig. These lemurs have continually growing insisors that they use to dig into rotten logs looking for grubs. They fill a niche similar to woodpeckers. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.