File:Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), Tsimbazaza Zoo, Madagascar (3897947810).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (4,224 × 3,168 pixels, file size: 2.93 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

The Aye-aye, the largest nocturnal lemur of Madgascar, is certainly one of the most amazing creatures on earth. Compared to other lemurs, it is unusual in having rodent-like continuously growing incisors, bony prolonged middle fingers and disproportionally large ears.

An arboreal lemur, it travels through the forest canopy by making successive vertical leaps, much like a squirrel. When foraging, it taps on trunks and large branches, listening to the echo produced to find hollow chambers inside. Once a chamber is found it chews a hole into the wood and get grubs out of that hole with its narrow and bony middle fingers.

Articles featuring this picture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/5803/20130326/endange...

www.itechpost.com/articles/7083/20130325/demon-primate-ge...
Date
Source Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), Tsimbazaza Zoo, Madagascar
Author Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium
Camera location18° 55′ 45.48″ S, 47° 31′ 37.99″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Frank.Vassen at https://flickr.com/photos/42244964@N03/3897947810. It was reviewed on 20 November 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

20 November 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:49, 20 November 2015Thumbnail for version as of 17:49, 20 November 20154,224 × 3,168 (2.93 MB)Amada44 (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons

The following page uses this file:

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata