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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

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 Aye Mahnisi

Strictly nocturnal and primarily solitary foragers. Diet: Includes wood-boring larvae, ramy nuts, and fungi. In the dense, moonlit rainforests of Madagascar, a