Fig. 1.

Aye-aye geographical species range and sampling locations. Remaining forests (light green) and presumed current species distribution of aye-ayes (dark green) in Madagascar. Capture locations for the North (blue squares), West (yellow triangles), and East (red circles) aye-aye population samples included in this study are indicated. Species distribution is based on the selection of remaining forest [identified from classified satellite imagery, deforestation data from Harper, et al (2007), courtesy of Cambridge University Press (51)] using a vector polygon of aye-aye distribution from Andrainarivo et al. (71), which was then further modified according to our field observations of aye-aye feeding traces and occasional sightings. Nonforested areas were not represented in the aye-aye distribution.