Lavasoa-Ambatotsirongorongo Mountains are a mountain chain in southern
Madagascar
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. They are situated in the municipalities of
Sarasambo,
Ankaramena,
Ranopiso and
Analapatsy, west of
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* Fort Dauphin (Manitoba), in Manitoba
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;Haiti
* Fort-Liberté
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. They are composed of three peaks:
#Grand Lavasoa ()
#Petit Lavasoa ()
#Ambatotsirongorongo ()
The
Lavasoa dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus lavasoensis''), a small,
nocturnal
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Nocturnal creatur ...
strepsirrhine
Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini (; ) is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and Southeast Asia. Colle ...
primate
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and a
species
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of
lemur
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was discovered in the 21st century. The primate,
endemic
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to three small, isolated patches of forest on the southern slopes of the Lavasoa Mountains, was named after the mountain itself.
References
Mountain ranges of Madagascar
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