Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 136
100 THE AYVE-AVE. It is probable that the natural food of the Aye-aye, like that of the preceding animals, is of a mixed character, and that it eats fruit and insects indiscriminately. In captivity it usually ate boiled rice, which it picked up in minute portions, like Amine in the ‘“‘ Arabian… … exclamations of surprise are said to have given the name of Aye-aye to the creature. The name ‘‘ Cheiromys,”’ signifies ‘‘ Handed Mouse,” and is given to the animal because it bears some resemblance to a large mouse or rat which is furnished with hand-like paws instead of feet. With the exception…
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