APES project about the endangered species name aye aye

1. Aye-Aye
(Daubentonia Madagascariensis)
Samantha Shifflett

2. Facts
• Primate
•Largest nocturnal primate
•Diet: Omnivore
• Average life span: 20 years
• Nocturnal
• Arboreal animal (spends most of it’s
life in trees)
• They were thought to be extinct until
1957

3. • Madagascar
Location
• Aye-ayes can be found on the island
of Madagascar.
• They live in dense, tropical and
coastal rainforest.

4. K Strategists
• Live up to 20 years
• Females begin reproducing around
the age of 3.5 years.
• Give birth to one aye-aye every two
to three years.
• Adapted to stable climate and
environmental climates.
• Late loss curve because they produce
less which enables them to care for
their young.

5. Threats to Aye-Ayes
• Face local and ecological extinction.
• Local: Superstitions of them bringing bad luck
have lead villagers to kill them on site. Other
humans hunt them to eat them.
• Ecological: Deforestation for agriculture and
development

6. Methods to Preserve Aye-Ayes
Protection Laws Conservation
• There isn’t an exact law • 16 reserve areas have been
protecting these species. made through out
Madagascar.
• 6 captive programs in the
U.S
• Darrell Wildlife
Conservation Trust and the
San Francisco Zoo are
working on breeding them.

7. Bibliography
• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/anima
ls/mammals/aye-aye/
• http://a-z-animals.com/animals/aye-aye-/
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/detail
s/6302/0
• http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/
aye-aye/behav