They have a very slow life history, with infants staying with their mothers for up to two years.
In the dense, moonlit rainforests of Madagascar, a creature of legend and biological wonder emerges from the shadows. With the ears of a bat, the teeth of a rodent, and a skeletal middle finger that seems more myth than muscle, the is perhaps the world's most misunderstood primate. A Master of Specialized Hunting Aye Mahnisi
Strictly nocturnal and primarily solitary foragers. Diet: Includes wood-boring larvae, ramy nuts, and fungi. They have a very slow life history, with
Organizations are working to protect the "centers of endemism" in northern Madagascar to ensure this unique evolutionary lineage—the last of its family—does not disappear. Quick Facts Scientific Name: Daubentonia madagascariensis moonlit rainforests of Madagascar