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Tsimbazaza Zoo
The Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza, short Tsimbazaza Zoo (in French ''Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza'' or ''PBZT'') is a zoological and botanical garden in the neighbourhood of Tsimbazaza in Antananarivo, Madagascar, located just north of the National Assembly of Madagascar building. It is said to house "the finest collection of Wildlife of Madagascar, Malagasy wildlife", with several unique species on display. The zoo has a Museum of Ethnology and Paleontology, museum with collections of tribal carvings and the skeleton of extinct megavertebrates, including an elephant bird, pygmy hippos, and giant lemurs. It also contains Madagascar's largest herbarium (herbarium code TAN) with roughly 80,000 plant specimens. In November 1989, the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF celebrated its tenth year in Madagascar by opening an environmental teaching center at the zoo. See also *Madagascar Biodiversity Center *List of museums in Madagascar *Lemurs' Park Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhonodorum Lindleyanum
''Typhonodorum'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araceae. The single species making up this genus is ''Typhonodorum lindleyanum''. The genus is native to Madagascar, the Comores, Zanzibar, Réunion and Mauritius. This genus is believed to be closely related to ''Peltandra'' even though ''Peltandra'' is only found in North America and there don't appear to exist closely related genera in the African mainland. There isn't fossil evidence to link the two genera so it has been proposed that there once was a genus in Africa from which the two genera had originated. The African mainland genus spread to North America and to Madagascar 50 million years ago before it broke off. Then the African genus became extinct and the North American and Madagascan genera remained.Bown, Demi (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . References Aroideae Monotypic Araceae genera Flora of the Comoros Flora of Madagascar Flora of Maur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
