Animal Info - Madagascar
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur or have occurred in Madagascar and are rated as
Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Critically Endangered:
- Endangered:
- Aquatic Tenrec (Limnogale mergulus). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Aye-aye (Daubentonia
madagascariensis). (Endemic to
Madagascar.)
- Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus
diadema). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Falanouc (Eupleres goudotii). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
- Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Giant-striped Mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Golden Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Greater Long-tailed Shrew-tenrec (Microgale principula). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur (Allocebus
trichotis). (Endemic to
Madagascar.)
- Indri (Indri indri).
(Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Major's Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus majori). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Malagasy Giant Rat (Hypogeomys
antimena). (Endemic to
Madagascar.)
- Narrow-striped Mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Pygmy Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Pygmy Shrew-tenrec (Microgale parvula). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Ruffed Lemur (Varecia
variegata). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Vulnerable:
- Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Broad-striped Mongoose (Galidictis fasciata). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Brown-tailed Mongoose (Salanoia concolor). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Coquerel's Mouse Lemur (Mirza coquereli). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Crowned Lemur (Eulemur
coronatus). (Endemic to
Madagascar.)
- Dugong (Dugong dugon).
- Dusky Shrew-tenrec (Microgale pulla). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Gracile Shrew-tenrec (Microgale gracilis). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Gray-backed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
- Large-eared Free-tailed Bat (Otomops martiensseni).
- Malagasy Civet (Fossa fossana). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur
mongoz).
- Natal Free-tailed Bat (Mormopterus acetabulosus).
- Northern Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura atrata). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Peters's Wrinkled-lipped Bat (Mormopterus jugularis). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta). (Endemic
to Madagascar.)
- Ring-tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans).
- Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Thomas' Shrew-tenrec (Microgale thomasi). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Trouessart's Trident Bat (Triaenops furculus).
- Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Voalavoanala (Gymnuromys roberti). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
- Western Woolly Lemur (Avahi occidentalis). (Endemic to Madagascar.)
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 105 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 77 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996:
46 (44 % of
total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000:
50 (48 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Madagascar contains the Madagascar Moist Forests, Madagascar Dry Forests,
Madagascar Spiny Desert, Madagascar Freshwater Ecosystems, and Western Madagascar Marine
Ecosystems Global 200
Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein
1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Madagascar is a Global Biodiversity
Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a)
Madagascar is a Megadiversity
Country (Cons. Intl. 1999b)
Population
Population in 1995: 14,763,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 25.1 people/sq km (65.1 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 14,462,509 (World
Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 3.0 % (World Bank 1992)
Area/Land Use
Area: 587,042 sq km (226,658 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
- Other Coastal Aquatic: 11 %
- Grass and Shrub: 45 %
- Crop and Settlements: 25 %
- Interrupted Woods: 15 %
- Major Forests: 5 %
(Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low:
15 %, Medium: 4 %, High: 81 % (WRI 1994)
Protected Lands
Area: 11,150 sq km (4,304 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 1.25 % totally protected, 0.63 % partially protected,
1.88 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $207 (WRI
1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $880 (World
Almanac 1999)
Education
Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 18 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 73 % (1990), 43 % (1970); Male: 88 % (1990), 56 %
(1970) (WRI 1994)
References and Links
References: Cons. Intl. 1999a, Cons. Intl. 1999b, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996,
IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl. Geog.
Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Madagascar): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles
Links for Madagascar: Biodiversity
Hotspots - Madagascar, Conservation
International - Madagascar, Madagascar
- Biodiversity and Conservation, a Photoessay, Madagascar Fauna Group,
Madagascar Wildlife Conservation,
U.S. Geological Survey -
Madagascar Conservation
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