Manongarivo Reserve
Manongarivo Reserve | |
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Location of Manongarivo Reserve | |
Location | Northern western Madagascar |
Nearest city | Ambanja |
Coordinates | 14°00′S 48°20′E / 14.000°S 48.333°ECoordinates: 14°00′S 48°20′E / 14.000°S 48.333°E |
Area | 32,735 hectares (80,890 acres) |
Established | 1956 |
Governing body | Parcs Nationaux Madagascar – ANGAP |
Manongarivo Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the North-West of Madagascar in the region of Diana.
Manongarivo is home to both the Sambirano mouse lemur and the Sambirano woolly lemur.[1]
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.[2]
Manongarivo Reserve has an elevation of 1013 metres.[3]
Geography[]
The reserve has a surface of 32 735 ha and is situated at 35 km from Ambanja.
Species[]
Some of the species found in the reserve are:
Fauna[]
- Eulemur macaco
- Microcebus sambiranensis
- Philepitta castanea
- Ploceus sakalava
Flora[]
References[]
- ^ "Manongarivo Special Reserve | Lemurs of Madagascar". www.lemursofmadagascar.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "Manongarivo Reserve". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
External links[]
- National parks of Madagascar
- Protected areas in Diana Region
- Madagascar geography stubs
- African protected area stubs