Manongarivo Special Reserve
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Manongarivo Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the North-West of
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
in the region of
Diana Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...
. Manongarivo is home to both the Sambirano mouse lemur and the Sambirano woolly lemur.


Geography

The reserve has a surface of 64,356 ha and is situated at 35 km from Ambanja. It has an elevation of 1013 metres.


Flora and fauna

The vegetation is composed of low- and mid-altitude dense humid forest. Low-altitude, dry-transitional forest covers 18% of the reserve, and is dominated by trees of ''Canarium'', ''Symphonia'' (and other species of Guttiferae), ''Terminalia'', ''Ravensara'' and species of Sapotaceae, with smaller trees such as ''Phyllarthron'' in the subcanopy. There are about sixty species of birds in the reserve, thirty of which are endemic to Madagascar. Some of the species found in the reserve are:


Fauna

* '' Eulemur macaco'' * '' Microcebus sambiranensis'' * '' Philepitta castanea'' * '' Ploceus sakalava''


Flora

* '' Bazzania descrescens'' * '' Diplasiolejeunea cobrensis'' * '' Drepanolejeunea geisslerae'' * '' Microlejeunae fissistipula'' * '' Lopholejeunea leioptera'' * '' Plagiochila fracta'' * '' Scistochila piligera'' * '' Leucobryum parvulum'' * '' Leucobryum sanctae-mariae'' * '' Ochrobryum sakalavu'' * '' Syrrhopodon cuneifolius''


References


External links


Official site of the Park
Special reserves of Madagascar Protected areas in Diana Region Madagascar subhumid forests Madagascar dry deciduous forests {{Africa-protected-area-stub