Mandena Conservation Zone is a conservation zone in southeast Madagascar.
Description
The zone is located 10 kilometres north of
Fort Dauphin Fort Dauphin may refer to:
;Canada
* Fort Dauphin (Manitoba), in Manitoba
* Fort Dauphin (Nova Scotia), in Nova Scotia
;Haiti
* Fort-Liberté
Fort-Liberté (; ) is a List of communes of Haiti, commune and administrative capital of the Nord-Est ...
, three kilometres from the southeast coast of the island country. The zone has 82 hectares of swamp and 148 hectares of
littoral forest. Its 2,800 millimetres of rainfall mostly occur in the November to April rainy season; the zone has a temperature range of 9.5 to 35 degrees Celsius.
The zone is inhabited by
Ganzhorn’s mouse lemur, eastern
fat-tailed dwarf lemur
The fat-tailed dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus medius''), also known as the lesser dwarf lemur, western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, or spiny forest dwarf lemur, is endemic to Madagascar.
The fat-tailed dwarf lemur is long from its head to the end of i ...
,
greater dwarf lemur
The greater dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus major''), or the Geoffroy's dwarf lemur, is a lemur that is widely distributed over the primary and secondary forests near the eastern coast of Madagascar. They are also found in northern parts of Madagasca ...
,
southern woolly lemur
The southern woolly lemur (''Avahi meridionalis''), or southern avahi, has been recently recognized as a separate species of woolly lemur in 2006 by Zaramody ''et al.'' It is a nocturnal and pair-living species. Groups can range from 2 (the paren ...
,
Southern lesser bamboo lemur
The southern lesser bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur meridionalis''), also known as the southern bamboo lemur, rusty-gray lesser bamboo lemur, and southern gentle lemur, is a species of bamboo lemur endemic to southern Madagascar.
Taxonomy
It was origi ...
,
and the
Madagascan flying fox.
See also
*
Andohahela National Park
The Andohahela National Park is situated in Anosy in the south-east of Madagascar. It is remarkable for the extremes of habitats that are represented within it. The park covers of the Anosy mountain range, the southernmost spur of the Malagasy H ...
*
Mandena mine
Mandena mine (also Mandena operation, Mandena concession, or the QMM mine) is an ilmenite mine operated by Rio Tinto subsidiary QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM). It is located near Taolagnaro, Fort Dauphin, Anosy region, Madagascar.
The mine was ...
, nearby
References
{{National parks of Madagascar
Protected areas of Madagascar
Madagascar lowland forests