aye-ayes in English

noun
1
a rare nocturnal Madagascan primate allied to the lemurs. It has rodentlike incisor teeth and an elongated twiglike finger on each hand with which it pries insects from bark.
Fossils suggest that lemurs, bush babies, lorises, aye-ayes , and their relatives (the prosimians) split off from the ancestors of monkeys and apes around 55 million years ago.

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1. Aye-Ayes are the most unusual looking of all lemurs

2. Worldwide, the population of aye-Ayes in human care stands at about 50

3. As with most lemur families, Aye-Ayes do not exhibit significant sexual dimorphism.

4. They also feature big eyes, slender fingers, and large, sensitive ears. Aye-Ayes …

5. Aye-Ayes often cling upside down on branches and can rest vertically or horizontally

6. The Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) resource states that the current number of aye-Ayes is unknown

7. Aye-Ayes are dark brown or black and are distinguished by a bushy tail that is larger than their body

8. Aye-Ayes are found in at least 16 protected areas, and several of these locations appear to have healthy populations of this lemur

9. Aye-Ayes are also hunted or killed outright by native Malagasy, as they are regarded both as crop pests and bad omens

10. (Ancrenaz, et al., 1994; Krauker, et al., 2002; Quinn and Wilson, 2004) Aye-Ayes are able to make use of a wide range of locomotor methods including arboreal quadrupedalism, leaping, and head-first descent.