Historically, the Aye Aye occupied the coastal forests of Jap and north-western Madagascar however by 1983 they were thought to be nearly extinct with solely a number of scattered people known to still be found there

Since then their population numbers have exaggerated and though these populations are not favorably huge, they're found in an exceedingly increasing range of locations and in a type of completely different forest habitats. The Aye Aye prefers dense, tropical and coastal forest wherever there's lots of cowl however they're additionally known to inhabit secondary forest, bamboo thickets, mangroves and even coconut groves on the Jap coast of Madagascar. However, together with the abuse of the Aye Aye by native folks they're severely vulnerable in their natural surroundings by surround loss*.

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The Aye Aye may be a nocturnal and arboreal animal that means that it spends most of its life high within the trees. Though they're known to return right down to the bottom sometimes, Aye Ayes sleep, eats, travel and mate within the trees and are most typically found near {the canopy|the cowl} wherever there's lots of cover from the dense foliage. throughout the day Aye Ayes sleep in spherical nests within the forks of tree branches that are created out of leaves, branches and vines before rising when dark to start their look for food. The Aye Aye may be a solitary animal that marks its giant range with scent with the smaller territory of a feminine typically overlapping those of a minimum of a few of males. Male Aye Ayes tend to share their territories with alternative males and are even known to share constant nests (although not at constant time), and might on the face of it tolerate one another till they hear the decision of a feminine that's longing for a mate.