Original description:
Daubentonia E. Geoffroy, 1795, Décad. Philos. Litt. Pol., 4 no. 28, p. 195, Paris (Décade 1).
Type species: Sciurus madagascarensis Gmelin, 1788.
Synonyms:
Genus Ayeaye Lacépède, 1799
Genus Cheiromys G. Cuvier, 1800
Genus Cheyromis E. Geoffroy, 1803
Genus Chiromys Iliger, 1811
Genus Myslemur Blainville, 1846
Genus Myspithecus Blainville, 1839
Genus Psilodactylus Oken, 1816
Genus Scolecophagus E. Geoffroy, 1795
Common names:
Aye-aye [English]