MCZ Mammalogy 45947

Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Holotype of Cheiromys madagascariensis laniger

Date Collected:

1927-01-01/1928-12-31

Africa: Madagascar | Forest of the East

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45947 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Daubentoniidae
Common Name(s): Aye-aye
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger. Genus name Daubentonia written over previous Cheiromys
Previous Identifications
Cheiromys madagascariensis laniger G. Grandidier, 1930
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Daubentoniidae
Determiner: Guillaume Grandidier in 1930
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is year of publication
Cheiromys madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Daubentoniidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ ledger. Genus name later blotted out with white-out and replaced with current Daubentonia

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History (3)
Remarks: No hands or feet (probably in mtd skin)
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-09   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

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  • Mounted skin is in the collection of the Academie Malgache (Antananarivo Museum / Tananarive Museum).

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000173 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Forest of the East
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar: Eastern Forest
  • Georeference:
  • -18.909638°, 48.2495610° (Error radius: 68690m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-10-20 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1927-01-01 / 1928-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Sent by Acad. Malg. 1927 - 28
  • Collectors:
  • Grandidier Collection; l'Academie Malgache

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 45931; 45932; 45933; 45934; 45935; 45936; 45937; 45938; 45939; 45940; 45941; 45942; 45943; 45944; 45945; 45946; 45947; 45948; 45949; 45950; 45951; 45952; 45953; 45954; 45955 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 045831-052330, pg.5;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:45931 Gymnuromys roberti to MCZ:Mamm:4...

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