 If correct, then the name might have originated from Malagasy people saying ""heh heh"" to avoid saying the name of a feared, magical animal.Due to its derived morphological features, the classification of the aye-aye was debated following its discovery.The possession of continually growing incisors (front teeth) parallels those of rodents, leading early naturalists to mistakenly classify the aye-aye within the mammalian order Rodentia and as a squirrel, due to its toes, hair coloring, and tail.