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  • Milne-Edward's Sportive Lemurs in Nest Hole<br />
Lepilemur Edwardsi<br />
Ampijorao Reserve, Western MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC
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  • White fronted brown lemur (Lemur fulvus albifrons, male in tree, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar
    1050827White fronted brown lemur.jpg
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  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
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  • Baobab trees beside road {Adansonia grandidieri} Morondava, Madagascar
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  • Tree frog (Heterixalus betsileo (?)) Antananarivo <br />
This frog has variable color morphs ranging from white to green and commonly seen in gardens around Antananarivo (Tana)<br />
Central highlands<br />
MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC
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  • Falanouc or Malagasy small-toothed civet (Eupleres goudotii) pulling an earthworm from the ground.<br />
Montagne d'Ambre National Park.<br />
n.MADAGASCAR<br />
A small to medium sized carnivore slightly larger than a domestic cat. This is probably Madagascar's most specialised carnivore. Its elongate snout and tiny conical teeth have evolved to catch earthworms and other small invertebrates on which the Falanouc feeds almost exclusively. It forages in leaf-litter digging up food using its strong forepaws and long claws. <br />
The falanouc is crepuscular (dawn & dusk) and nocturnal<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR and rare over most of its range.
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  • Falanouc or Malagasy small-toothed civet (Eupleres goudotii) pulling an earthworm from the ground.<br />
Montagne d'Ambre National Park.<br />
n.MADAGASCAR<br />
A small to medium sized carnivore slightly larger than a domestic cat. This is probably Madagascar's most specialised carnivore. Its elongate snout and tiny conical teeth have evolved to catch earthworms and other small invertebrates on which the Falanouc feeds almost exclusively. It forages in leaf-litter digging up food using its strong forepaws and long claws. <br />
The falanouc is crepuscular (dawn & dusk) and nocturnal<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR and rare over most of its range.
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  • Blue vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus) Ankarana Special Reserve. nw MADAGASCAR
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  • Crowned Lemur (Eulemur coronatus) female with baby. Ankarana Special Reserve. Northern MADAGASCAR.<br />
They are sexually dichromatic and other than the black lemur this is the most obviously sexually dichromatic lemur species and is also the smallest member of the genus. They are medium sized lemurs that adopt horizontal body postures. Length 750-850mm and weight 2,5-1,8kg. They are usually diurnal but can be active during the night. They live in groups of 5 to 15 individuals that contain several adult males and females and offspring.  The females tend to be dominant. Their home ranges are small and overlap with other groups. Although foraging occurs at all levels of the forest from the ground up to the canopy they appear to prefer the lower levels and understory. This probably reduces competition between the Sanford's brown lemur that usually occures in the same areas and feed in the upper levels. During dry and wet seasons fruit makes up their main diet. In the dry season flowers and young leaves are also taken.<br />
They are predatored upon by fossa, crocodiles and large raptors.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to the northern tip of Madagascar including the National park of Montagne d'Ambre, Ankarana Special Reserve, Analamera Special Reserve and Daraina Protected area.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR.<br />
THREATS: Direct distruction of their habitat for agriculture and logging. They are hunted too.
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  • Day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis) Ankarana Special Reserve. NW MADAGASCAR. These are among the largest of the spelsuma species on the island and can reach a lenth of 300mm. They are common in coastal areas of northern Madagascar.<br />
Phelsumas are among the most prominent reptiles in Madagascar. They are also found on other Indian Ocean Islands. They are medium-sized to large arboreal diurnal geckos with round pupils. Species from humid regions tend to be brighter green, often with red marking while species from drier regions are often grey or brown. It is thought that their very conspicuous colour patterns could function as a premating isolation mechanism which helps to prevent interbreeding of different color morphs and therefore reinforce speciation events. In contrast to most other animal groups, Phelsuma seem to benefit from deforestation and are more abundant in cultivated areas than in natural habitas. However there are a few that are only found on edges of primary forest and they are seriously threatened by habitat destruction. All the phelsumas in Madagascar glue their eggs to a substate like bark. Usually 2 eggs per clutch. Several species like Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis defend their clutches.<br />
Threats: THEY ARE HEAVILY COLLECTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PET TRADE.
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  • Common / Tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) Daraina, NE MADAGASCAR
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  • Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) Loky-Manambato, Daraina. Northern MADAGASCAR
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  • Piroques or outrigger canoes going out to sea from the Bombetoka delta for the day to fish. The narrow wooden canoes with their one stabalizer are remarkably sea worthy. The sails are made from cotton and repaired regularly with odd pieces of sacking to make an interesting patchwork.<br />
Mahajunga.  Western MADAGASCAR
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  • Madagascar spiny tailed lizard (Oplurus cuvieri) males fighting for territory, Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western dry-deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR, endemic
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  • Milne-Edward's sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, deciduous dry forest, Western MADAGASCAR, endemic
    1163639Milne-Edward's_sportive_lemur.jpg
  • Madagascar spiny tailed lizard (Oplurus cuvieri)<br />
Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western dry-deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR, endemic.
    1163636 Oplurus_cuvieri.jpg
  • Madagascar crested wood ibis (Lophotibis cristata) on nest, Ankarafantika Special Reserve. Deciduous dry forest of western MADAGASCAR, endemic
    1163637Madagascar_crested_wood_ibis.jpg
  • Avahi lemurs or Western woolly lemurs (Avahi occidentalis) Mother with infant.<br />
Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
A medium-small lemur invariably seen climing vertically to trunks or branches. 560-650mm and weight: 700-900 grams. They have round faces and almost concealed ears. They are nocturnal and spend the day resting together in family groups - usually in dense foliage. The diet consists almost exclusively on leaves and young buds.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to western and north-western Madagascar.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES due to habitat distruction and the fact that it has such a small distribution.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
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  • Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)<br />
Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 925-1,100mm and weight: 3.5-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. Their distinctive coloration can not be confused with any other species. They are diurnal and live in family groups of three to ten. Coquerel's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit, bark and flowers. They have one young in June or July. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to north-west Madgascar in dry-deciduous and semi-evergreen forests.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES due to habitat distruction for agriculture and the production of charcoal but also deliberately started bush fires lit to encourage new grass shoots to grow. Hunting also occurs in some areas although around Ankarafantsika Reserve it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
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  • Rufous vanga (Schetba rufa) male on nest, Ankarafantsika Special Reserve. Dry forest of nw MADAGASCAR, endemic
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  • Madagascar harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus) hunting for beetles in this cut tree stump<br />
Lake Ravelobe across from the Ampijeroa Forest Station. Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
Length 68cm. This is the second biggest raptor in Madagascar after the fish eagle. This raptor eats insects, crickets, cockroaches, larvae, young birds, eggs, reptiles and sometimes some of the small nocturnal lemurs.<br />
DISTIBUTION: All woodland areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
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  • Madagascar harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus) hunting for beetles, Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR, endemic
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  • Ploughshare tortoise (Geochelone yniphora) Endangered, endemic, Ankarafantsika Special Reserve, Madagascar
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  • White-breasted mesite (Mesitornis variegata) Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC FAMILY TO MADAGASCAR NUMBERING ONLY 3 SPECIES.<br />
These birds are considered primitive forms of the rail. Although they do fly they are almost exclusively terrestrial. Their nests are rather flimsy structures built low off the ground and accessible without flying. In this species the sexes are simular. They are strictly terrestrial forest species, secretive and active and found in groups of 2 - 4. They feed in the leaf-litter looking for seeds and small insects. At night several individuals may spend the night perched on a low horizontal branch. <br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Closed, deciduous dry forest on sandy soil and underbrush of which is covered with dead leaves. It is only known from 4 locations: Kirindy forest, n of Morondava, Ankarafantsika Reserve, Ankarana and Alalamera Special Reserves.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES: Due to restricted range and degradation of original deciduous dry forest by slash-and-burn and by invasion of forest by dogs and rats - especially near villages.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
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