Daubentonia É. Geoffroy, 1795 . Decad. Philos. Litt., 28: 195.

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus madagascarensis Gmelen, 1788 .

SYNONYMS: Aye-aye, Cheiromys; Chiromys liliger, 1811; Myslemur, Myspithecus, Psilodactylus, Scolecophagus .