List of mammals of Madagascar
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Madagascar. There are 204 extant mammal species in Madagascar
, of which 6 are critically endangered, 30 are endangered, 30 are vulnerable, 6 are Near-Threatened, and 66 are either Data Deficient or not evaluated. The listed extinct
species tagged with "PH" died out before Europeans arrived.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
:
Order: Afrosoricida
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The afrotheria
n order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa
and the tenrecs of Madagascar
and Africa, two families of small mammals that were traditionally part of the order Insectivora. All the native tenrecs of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over
from Africa (where only 3 species of their relatives the otter shrews survive) 25–42 million years ago.
Bibymalagasia is an enigmatic order represented by two extinct species of dog-sized, probably insectivorous mammals restricted to Madagascar. Although their relationships are uncertain, they may belong to Afrotheria
and be related to aardvark
s (order Tubulidentata).
Order: Sirenia
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Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. The dugong and the tenrecs are Madagascar's only extant afrotheria
ns.
The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemur
s, monkey
s, and ape
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided into four main groupings: strepsirrhine
s, tarsier
s, monkeys of the New World
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
. Madagascar's 15 genera of extant nonhuman primates compares with 6 in Central America, 19 in South America, 23 in Africa and 17 in Asia. The endemic primates of Madagascar are the lemurs, the largest branch of strepsirrhines. Between 2000 and 2008, 39 new species were described, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99. The common ancestor of Madagascar's lemurs is believed to have rafted across
the Mozambique Channel
from Africa between 50 and 60 million years ago. A number of lemur species larger than any now alive are believed to have gone extinct shortly after the arrival of humans.
Order: Rodent
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Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisor
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb). All the native nesomyid
rodents of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over
from Africa 20–24 million years ago.
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehog
s carry spines, while mole
s are stout-bodied burrowers.
Order: Carnivora
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There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. All the native carnivorans of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over
from Africa 19–26 million years ago. Though their closest relatives outside Madagascar are the mongooses, the Malagasy mongooses are not "true" herpestid mongooses but rather are thought to represent an example of convergent
or parallel evolution
.
The even-toed ungulates are ungulate
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
s. Madagascar's only native artioadactyls are the extinct Malagasy hippo
s, which are believed to have descended from ancestors that managed to cross the Mozambique Channel
from Africa in the late Quaternary
, perhaps by swimming. More than one hippo colonization event
may have occurred.
Order: Cetacea
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The order Cetacea includes whale
s, dolphin
s and porpoise
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Their closest extant relatives are artiodactyls, in particular the hippos
.
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, of which 6 are critically endangered, 30 are endangered, 30 are vulnerable, 6 are Near-Threatened, and 66 are either Data Deficient or not evaluated. The listed extinct
Extinction
In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
species tagged with "PH" died out before Europeans arrived.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
World Conservation Union
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization dedicated to finding "pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges." The organization publishes the IUCN Red List, compiling information from a network of...
:
| EX | Extinct Extinction In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point... |
No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
| EW | Extinct in the Wild Extinct in the Wild Extinct in the Wild is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa, the only known living members of which are being kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.-Examples:... |
Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its historic range. |
| CR | Critically Endangered Critically Endangered Critically Endangered is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for wild species. Critically Endangered means that a species' numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.... |
The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| EN | Endangered Endangered species An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters... |
The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| VU | Vulnerable Vulnerable species On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:... |
The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| NT | Near Threatened Near Threatened Near Threatened is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa that may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status... |
The species does not currently qualify as being at high risk of extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. |
| LC | Least Concern Least Concern Least Concern is an IUCN category assigned to extant taxon or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, Near Threatened, or Conservation Dependent... |
The species is not currently at risk of extinction in the wild. |
| DD | Data Deficient Data Deficient Data Deficient is a category applied by the IUCN, other agencies, and individuals to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made... |
There is inadequate information to assess the risk of extinction for this species. |
Order: AfrosoricidaAfrosoricidaThe order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa and the tenrecs of Madagascar and Africa, two families of small mammals that have traditionally been considered to be a part of the order Insectivora.Some biologists use Tenrecomorpha as the name for the tenrec-golden mole clade,...
(tenrecs and golden moles)
----Afrotheria
Afrotheria is a clade of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups from Africa or of African origin: golden moles, sengis , tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants and sea cows. The common ancestry of these animals was not recognized until the late 1990s...
n order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and the tenrecs of Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
and Africa, two families of small mammals that were traditionally part of the order Insectivora. All the native tenrecs of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over
Rafting event
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing on large clumps of floating vegetation. Such matted clumps of vegetation are often seen floating down major rivers in the tropics and washing out to sea,...
from Africa (where only 3 species of their relatives the otter shrews survive) 25–42 million years ago.
- Family: TenrecidaeTenrecidaeTenrecidae is a family of mammals found on Madagascar and parts of Africa. Tenrecs are widely diverse, resembling hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters, as a result of convergent evolution. They occupy aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial environments...
(tenrecs)- Subfamily: Geogalinae
- Genus: Geogale
- Large-eared TenrecLarge-eared TenrecThe Large-eared Tenrec is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is monotypical of its genus. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Geogale aurita LC
- Large-eared Tenrec
- Genus: Geogale
- Subfamily: OryzorictinaeOryzorictinaeOryzorictinae is a subfamily of Tenrec.- Species :** Genus Limnogale*** Web-footed Tenrec ** Genus Microgale***Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec ***Cowan's Shrew Tenrec...
- Genus: Limnogale
- Web-footed TenrecWeb-footed TenrecThe Web-footed Tenrec, Otter Shrew, or Aquatic Tenrec is the only known semiaquatic Malagasy tenrec , and is found in eastern Madagascar, especially in and around Ranomafana National Park. It grows to between 25 and 39 cm, and was once thought to be extinct...
Limnogale mergulus VU
- Web-footed Tenrec
- Genus: MicrogaleMicrogaleMicrogale is a genus of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. There are 22 living species and one known extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years.It contains the following extant species:...
- Short-tailed Shrew TenrecShort-tailed Shrew TenrecThe Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale brevicaudata LC - Cowan's Shrew TenrecCowan's Shrew TenrecCowan's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest....
Microgale cowani LC - Dobson's Shrew TenrecDobson's Shrew TenrecDobson's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest....
Microgale dobsoni LC - Drouhard's Shrew TenrecDrouhard's Shrew TenrecDrouhard's Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Striped Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale drouhardi LC - Dryad Shrew TenrecDryad Shrew TenrecThe Dryad Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Tree Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is vulnerable to extinction by habitat loss....
Microgale dryas VU - Pale Shrew TenrecPale Shrew TenrecThe Pale Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Pale-footed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale fotsifotsy LC - Gracile Shrew TenrecGracile Shrew TenrecThe Gracile Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Microgale gracilis LC - Microgale grandidieriMicrogale grandidieriMicrogale grandidieri is a species of shrew tenrec occurring in the dry forests of western and southwestern Madagascar. Populations of this species were formerly included in Microgale brevicaudata; M...
- Naked-nosed Shrew TenrecNaked-nosed Shrew TenrecThe Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale gymnorhyncha LC - Jenkins' Shrew Tenrec Microgale jenkinsae EN
- Northern Shrew TenrecNorthern shrew tenrecThe northern shrew tenrec is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it has a very restricted range on the southwestern slopes of the Tsaratanana Massif; it has been found at elevations from 1420 to 1680 m. Its natural habitat is montane forest. The species...
Microgale jobihely EN - Lesser Long-tailed Shrew TenrecLesser Long-tailed Shrew TenrecThe Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is active at all hours of the day and night, but each individual maintains its own pattern of rest and activity.-Range and Habitat:...
Microgale longicaudata LC - Microgale macpheeiMicrogale macpheeiMicrogale macpheei is an extinct shrew tenrec from southeastern Madagascar. It is known only from two partial skulls found in Andrahomana cave, which radiocarbon dating of associated rodent remains suggests are about 2000 years old. It is the only known recently extinct tenrec...
EX (PH) - Major's Long-tailed TenrecMajor's long-tailed tenrecMajor's long-tailed tenrec is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is the eastern humid forest of the island, as well as some western forests, where it has been seen at elevations from 785 to 2000 m. Its habits are not well known, but it is...
(Microgale majori) LC - Montane Shrew TenrecMontane Shrew TenrecThe Montane Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Microgale monticola VU - Nasolo's Shrew TenrecNasolo's Shrew TenrecNasolo's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale nasoloi EN - Pygmy Shrew TenrecPygmy Shrew TenrecThe Pygmy Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale parvula LC - Greater Long-tailed Shrew TenrecGreater Long-tailed Shrew TenrecThe Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale principula LC - Least Shrew TenrecLeast Shrew TenrecThe Least Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, swamps, pastureland, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale pusilla LC - Shrew-toothed Shrew TenrecShrew-toothed Shrew TenrecThe Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale soricoides LC - Taiva Shrew TenrecTaiva Shrew TenrecThe Taiva Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale taiva LC - Talazac's Shrew TenrecTalazac's Shrew TenrecTalazac's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale talazaci LC - Thomas's Shrew TenrecThomas's Shrew TenrecThomas's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Microgale thomasi LC
- Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec
- Genus: Oryzorictes
- Mole-like Rice TenrecMole-like Rice TenrecThe Mole-like Rice Tenrec , also known as the Fossorial Tenrec or Hova Rice Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar...
Oryzorictes hova LC - Four-toed Rice TenrecFour-toed Rice TenrecThe Four-toed Rice Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical...
Oryzorictes teradactylus DD
- Mole-like Rice Tenrec
- Genus: Limnogale
- Subfamily: Tenrecinae
- Genus: Echinops
- Lesser Hedgehog TenrecLesser Hedgehog TenrecThe Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family.It is the only species in the genus Echinops and is named in honour of Charles Telfair.-Distribution and habitat:It is endemic to Madagascar...
Echinops telfairi LC
- Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
- Genus: HemicentetesHemicentetesHemicentetes is a genus of tenrec with two species....
- Highland Streaked TenrecHighland Streaked TenrecThe Highland Streaked Tenrec is an insectivore which lives in the central upland regions of Madagascar. Its black and white striped body is covered with quills, which it will raise when agitated...
Hemicentetes nigriceps LC - Lowland Streaked TenrecLowland Streaked TenrecThe Lowland Streaked Tenrec is a small tenrec found in Madagascar, Africa.-Distribution and Habitat:It is found in tropical lowland rain forest, in the northern and eastern parts of Madagascar.-Physical Appearance:...
Hemicentetes semispinosus LC
- Highland Streaked Tenrec
- Genus: Setifer
- Greater Hedgehog TenrecGreater Hedgehog TenrecThe Greater Hedgehog Tenrec or Large Madagascar Hedgehog is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar...
Setifer setosus LC
- Greater Hedgehog Tenrec
- Genus: Tenrec
- Tail-less Tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus LC
- Genus: Echinops
- Subfamily: Geogalinae
Order: †Bibymalagasia (bibymalagasians)
----Bibymalagasia is an enigmatic order represented by two extinct species of dog-sized, probably insectivorous mammals restricted to Madagascar. Although their relationships are uncertain, they may belong to Afrotheria
Afrotheria
Afrotheria is a clade of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups from Africa or of African origin: golden moles, sengis , tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants and sea cows. The common ancestry of these animals was not recognized until the late 1990s...
and be related to aardvark
Aardvark
The aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa...
s (order Tubulidentata).
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- Genus: †PlesiorycteropusPlesiorycteropusPlesiorycteropus, also known as the bibymalagasy or Malagasy aardvark, is a recently extinct eutherian mammalian genus from Madagascar. Upon its description in 1895, it was classified with the aardvark, but recent studies have found little evidence to link it to aardvarks or any other order of...
- Plesiorycteropus germainepetterae EX (PH)
- Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis EX (PH)
- Genus: †Plesiorycteropus
Order: SireniaSireniaSirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. Four species are living, in two families and genera. These are the dugong and manatees...
(manatees and dugongs)
----Afrotheria
Afrotheria is a clade of mammals, the living members of which belong to groups from Africa or of African origin: golden moles, sengis , tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants and sea cows. The common ancestry of these animals was not recognized until the late 1990s...
ns.
- Family: DugongidaeDugongidaeDugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia.The family has one surviving species, the Dugong , one recently extinct species, the Steller's Sea Cow , and a number of extinct genera known from the fossil record....
- Genus: DugongDugongThe dugong is a large marine mammal which, together with the manatees, is one of four living species of the order Sirenia. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow , was hunted to extinction in the 18th century...
- DugongDugongThe dugong is a large marine mammal which, together with the manatees, is one of four living species of the order Sirenia. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow , was hunted to extinction in the 18th century...
Dugong dugon VU
- Dugong
- Genus: Dugong
Order: Primates
----The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemur
Lemur
Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are named after the lemures of Roman mythology due to the ghostly vocalizations, reflective eyes, and the nocturnal habits of some species...
s, monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
s, and ape
Ape
Apes are Old World anthropoid mammals, more specifically a clade of tailless catarrhine primates, belonging to the biological superfamily Hominoidea. The apes are native to Africa and South-east Asia, although in relatively recent times humans have spread all over the world...
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided into four main groupings: strepsirrhine
Strepsirrhini
The clade Strepsirrhini is one of the two suborders of primates. Madagascar's only non-human primates are strepsirrhines, and others can be found in southeast Asia and Africa...
s, tarsier
Tarsier
Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the genus Tarsius, a genus in the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes...
s, monkeys of the New World
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Platyrrhini parvorder and the Ceboidea superfamily, which are essentially synonymous since...
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the higher primates . It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes, which in turn are further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans...
. Madagascar's 15 genera of extant nonhuman primates compares with 6 in Central America, 19 in South America, 23 in Africa and 17 in Asia. The endemic primates of Madagascar are the lemurs, the largest branch of strepsirrhines. Between 2000 and 2008, 39 new species were described, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99. The common ancestor of Madagascar's lemurs is believed to have rafted across
Rafting event
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing on large clumps of floating vegetation. Such matted clumps of vegetation are often seen floating down major rivers in the tropics and washing out to sea,...
the Mozambique Channel
Mozambique Channel
The Mozambique Channel is a portion of the Indian Ocean located between the island nation of Madagascar and southeast Africa, primarily the country of Mozambique. It was a World War II clashpoint during the Battle of Madagascar...
from Africa between 50 and 60 million years ago. A number of lemur species larger than any now alive are believed to have gone extinct shortly after the arrival of humans.
- Suborder: StrepsirrhiniStrepsirrhiniThe clade Strepsirrhini is one of the two suborders of primates. Madagascar's only non-human primates are strepsirrhines, and others can be found in southeast Asia and Africa...
- Infraorder: Lemuriformes
- Family: †Archaeolemuridae (monkey lemurs)
- Genus: †ArchaeolemurArchaeolemurArchaeolemur is an extinct genus of lemurs that includes two species, Archaeolemur edwardsi and A. majori.The genus was widespread throughout Madagascar through much of the Holocene epoch, and its remains are often abundant at fossil sites across the island. The wide geographical and temporal range...
- Archaeolemur edwardsi EX (PH)
- Archaeolemur majori EX (PH)
- Genus: †HadropithecusHadropithecusHadropithecus is a medium-sized, extinct genus of lemur, or strepsirrhine primate, from Madagascar that includes a single species, Hadropithecus stenognathus. Due to its rarity and lack of sufficient skeletal remains, it is one of the least understood of the extinct lemurs...
- Hadropithecus stenognathus EX (PH)
- Genus: †Archaeolemur
- Family: CheirogaleidaeCheirogaleidaeCheirogaleidae is the family of strepsirrhine primates that contains the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.-Characteristics:...
- Genus: Allocebus
- Hairy-eared Dwarf LemurHairy-eared Dwarf LemurThe hairy-eared dwarf lemur , or hairy-eared mouse lemur, is a nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is the only member of the genus Allocebus. This species is critically endangered and the population is estimated at 100-1000 individuals. They all live a single location in the northeastern part...
Allocebus trichotis DD
- Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur
- Genus: Cheirogaleus
- Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus DD
- Furry-eared Dwarf LemurFurry-eared Dwarf LemurThe furry-eared dwarf lemur , or Crossley's dwarf lemur, only found on the island of Madagascar, as with all other lemurs. It has a pelage coloration that is red-brown dorsally and gray ventrally. The eye-rings of this species are blackish and the ears are black inside and out. The dental formula...
Cheirogaleus crossleyi DD - Greater Dwarf LemurGreater Dwarf LemurThe greater dwarf lemur , 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....
Cheirogaleus major LC - Fat-tailed Dwarf LemurFat-tailed dwarf lemurThe fat-tailed dwarf lemur , also known as the lesser dwarf lemur, western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, or spiny forest dwarf lemur, is one of the smallest primates. It is endemic to Madagascar....
Cheirogaleus medius LC - Lesser Iron-gray Dwarf LemurLesser Iron-gray Dwarf LemurThe lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur , or large iron-gray dwarf lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar.This species is only known from Ambositra....
Cheirogaleus minusculus DD - Greater Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur Cheirogaleus ravus DD
- Sibree's Dwarf LemurSibree's Dwarf LemurSibree's dwarf lemur is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar.The name of this dwarf lemur commemorates the English missionary and naturalist James Sibree ....
Cheirogaleus sibreei DD
- Genus: Microcebus
- Madame Berthe's Mouse LemurMadame Berthe's Mouse LemurMadame Berthe's mouse lemur or Berthe's mouse lemur is the smallest of the mouse lemurs and the smallest primate in the world; the average body length is and seasonal weight is around...
Microcebus berthae EN - Bongolava Mouse LemurBongolava mouse lemurThe Bongolava mouse lemur is a species of mouse lemur endemic to Madagascar. It lives in western deciduous forest within a limited range, including Bongolava Forest and Ambodimahabibo Forest between the Sofia River and the Mahajamba River...
Microcebus bongolavensis DD - Danfoss' Mouse LemurDanfoss' Mouse LemurDanfoss' mouse lemur , or Ambarijeby mouse lemur, is a species of mouse lemur endemic to Madagascar. It lives in western deciduous forest within a limited range between the Sofia River and the Maevarano River...
Microcebus danfossi DD - Reddish-gray Mouse LemurReddish-gray Mouse LemurThe reddish-gray mouse lemur also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is found in Western Madagascar in the region around Beza Mahafaly Reserve, north to Lamboharana....
Microcebus griseorufus LC - Jolly's Mouse LemurJolly's Mouse LemurJolly's mouse lemur is a species of mouse lemur from Mananjary and Kianjavato in Madagascar.The species is named in honor of primatologist Alison Jolly....
Microcebus jollyae DD - Goodman's Mouse LemurGoodman's Mouse LemurGoodman's mouse lemur is a species of mouse lemur from Andasibe in eastern Madagascar. It is thought to have diverged from other mouse lemurs in the region about 2 million years ago....
Microcebus lehilahytsara DD - MacArthur's Mouse LemurMacArthur's Mouse LemurMacArthur's mouse lemur , or Anjiahely mouse lemur, is a species of mouse lemur known only from an Inter-River-System in the eastern Makira Natural Park in Madagascar....
Microcebus macarthurii Not evaluated - Claire's Mouse LemurClaire's Mouse LemurClaire's mouse lemur , or Nosy Be mouse lemur, is a newly described species of lemur from the genus of the mouse lemurs . It lives on the island Nosy Bé in the Antsiranana province of Madagascar, and on the mainland near the village of Manehoka, including Lokobe Reserve...
Microcebus mamiratra DD - Mittermeier's Mouse LemurMittermeier's Mouse LemurMittermeier's mouse lemur is a species of mouse lemur known only from Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve in Madagascar....
Microcebus mittermeieri DD - Gray Mouse LemurGray Mouse LemurThe gray mouse lemur , or lesser mouse lemur, is a small lemur, a type of strepsirrhine primate, found only on the island of Madagascar. Weighing , it is the largest of the mouse lemurs , a group which include the smallest primates in the world...
Microcebus murinus LC - Pygmy Mouse Lemur Microcebus myoxinus DD
- Golden-brown Mouse Lemur Microcebus ravelobensis EN
- Brown Mouse Lemur Microcebus rufus LC
- Sambirano Mouse LemurSambirano Mouse LemurThe Sambirano mouse lemur is a small, recently discovered primate, and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The dorsal side is both cinnamon and rufous-cinnamon, and is grey ventrally...
Microcebus sambiranensis EN - Simmons' Mouse LemurSimmons' Mouse LemurSimmons' mouse lemur is a species of mouse lemur known only from Betampona Special Reserve and Zahamena National Park in Madagascar....
Microcebus simmonsi DD - Northern Rufous Mouse LemurNorthern Rufous Mouse LemurThe northern rufous mouse lemur , northern brown mouse lemur, or Tavaratra mouse lemur is found in North-western Madagascar in Ankarana Reserve....
Microcebus tavaratra EN
- Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur
- Genus: Mirza
- Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza coquereli NT
- Northern Giant Mouse LemurNorthern Giant Mouse LemurThe northern giant mouse lemur , or northern dwarf lemur, was discovered to be a species in 2005 by Kappeler et al. from the German primates centre and the University of Göttingen. Before, both populations of giant mouse lemurs were believed to belong to one species. The northern giant mouse lemurs...
Mirza zaza DD
- Genus: Phaner
- Mount d'Ambre Fork-crowned Lemur Phaner electromontis VU
- Masoala Fork-crowned LemurMasoala Fork-crowned LemurThe Masoala fork-marked lemur , also known as the eastern fork-marked lemur or Masoala fork-crowned lemur, is found in the coastal forests of northern and western Madagascar....
Phaner furcifer LC - Pale Fork-crowned LemurPale Fork-crowned LemurThe pale fork-marked lemur , or western fork-marked lemur, is known from western Madagascar; south of the Fiherenana River to the region of Soalala....
Phaner pallescens LC - Pariente's Fork-crowned LemurPariente's Fork-crowned LemurThe Pariente's fork-marked lemur , or Sambirano fork-marked lemur is a species of lemur endemic to the Sambirano region of north-western Madagascar...
Phaner parienti VU
- Genus: Allocebus
- Family: Daubentoniidae
- Genus: Daubentonia
- Aye-ayeAye-ayeThe aye-aye is a lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth and a special thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche as a woodpecker...
Daubentonia madagascariensis NT - Giant Aye-ayeGiant Aye-ayeThe giant aye-aye is an extinct relative of the aye-aye, the only other species in the genus Daubentonia. It lived in Madagascar, appears to have disappeared less than 1,000 years ago, is entirely unknown in life, and is only known from subfossil remains.As of 2004, giant aye-aye remains consisted...
Daubentonia robusta EX (PH)
- Aye-aye
- Genus: Daubentonia
- Family: IndriidaeIndriidaeThe Indriidae are a family of strepsirrhine primates. They are medium to large sized lemurs with only four teeth in the toothcomb instead of the usual six...
- Genus: Avahi
- Betsileo Woolly LemurBetsileo Woolly LemurThe Betsileo woolly lemur or Betsileo avahi is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar, in the District of Fandriana. It weighs about 1 kg. The pelage differs significantly from other southeastern woolly lemurs in that it is primarily light reddish brown on most of the...
Avahi betsileo DD - Bemaraha Woolly Lemur Avahi cleesei EN
- Eastern Woolly LemurEastern Woolly LemurThe eastern woolly lemur , also known as the eastern avahi or Gmelin's woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to eastern Madagascar, where it lives in humid forests. This nocturnal animal weighs 1-1.3 kg and reaches a length of 27–29 cm with a tail of 33–37 cm...
Avahi laniger LC - Southern Woolly LemurSouthern Woolly LemurThe southern woolly lemur , 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...
Avahi meridionalis DD - Moore's Woolly LemurMoore's Woolly LemurMoore's woolly lemur , or Masoala woolly lemur, is a woolly lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has brown-grey fur and a reddish tail. It is named in honor of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of San Francisco....
Avahi mooreorum Not evaluated - Western Woolly LemurWestern Woolly LemurThe western woolly lemur or western avahi is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar, where they live in dry deciduous forests. These nocturnal animals weigh 0.7-0.9 kg. It is a folivorous species....
Avahi occidentalis EN - Peyrieras' Woolly LemurPeyrieras' Woolly LemurThe Peyrieras' woolly lemur or Peyrieras' avahi is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar. It weighs about 1 kg....
Avahi peyrierasi DD - Ramanantsoavana's Woolly LemurRamanantsoavana's Woolly LemurThe Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur , also known as Manombo woolly lemur or Ramanantsoavana's avahi, is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar. It weighs about 1 kg. It was originally considered a subspecies of Southern woolly lemur , A. m...
Avahi ramanantsoavani DD - Sambirano Woolly LemurSambirano Woolly LemurThe Sambirano woolly lemur , also known as the Sambirano avahi or Unicolor woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar....
Avahi unicolor DD
- Betsileo Woolly Lemur
- Genus: IndriIndriThe indri , also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs. It is a diurnal tree-dweller related to the sifakas and, like all lemuroids, it is native to Madagascar.- Etymology :...
- IndriIndriThe indri , also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs. It is a diurnal tree-dweller related to the sifakas and, like all lemuroids, it is native to Madagascar.- Etymology :...
Indri indri EN
- Indri
- Genus: Propithecus
- Silky SifakaSilky SifakaThe silky sifaka , or silky simpona, is a large lemur characterized by long, silky white fur. It has a very restricted range in northeastern Madagascar, where it is known locally as the simpona...
Propithecus candidus CR - Coquerel's SifakaCoquerel's SifakaCoquerel's sifaka is a medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus Propithecus. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to Madagascar.-Description:...
Propithecus coquereli EN - Crowned SifakaCrowned SifakaThe crowned sifaka is a sifaka endemic to Madagascar. It has a length of 87 to 102 centimeters, of which 47-57 centimeters are tail. The crowned sifaka lives in western Madagascar. It lives in dry deciduous forest....
Propithecus coronatus EN - Von der Decken's Sifaka Propithecus deckenii VU
- Diademed SifakaDiademed SifakaThe diademed sifaka , or diademed simpona, is an endangered species of sifaka, one of the lemurs endemic to certain rainforests in eastern Madagascar. This species is one of the world's largest living lemurs, with a total adult length of approximately 105 centimetres , half of which is tail...
Propithecus diadema EN - Milne-Edwards' SifakaMilne-Edwards' sifakaMilne-Edwards' sifaka , or Milne-Edwards' simpona, is a large arboreal, diurnal lemur endemic to the eastern coastal rainforest of Madagascar. Milne-Edwards' sifaka is characterized by a black body with a light-colored "saddle" on the lower part of its back. It is closely related to the diademed...
Propithecus edwardsi EN - Perrier's SifakaPerrier's SifakaPerrier's sifaka is a sifaka endemic to Madagascar. It has a length of 85 to 92 centimeters, of which 42-46 centimeters are tail. Perrier's sifaka has a very limited range in northeastern Madagascar between the Irodo River to the north and the Lokia River to the south. It lives in dry deciduous...
Propithecus perrieri CR - Golden-crowned SifakaGolden-crowned SifakaThe golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka is a medium-sized lemur characterized by mostly white fur, prominent furry ears and a golden-orange crown. It is one of the smallest sifakas , weighing around and measuring approximately from head to tail...
Propithecus tattersalli EN - Verreaux's SifakaVerreaux's SifakaVerreaux's sifaka , or white sifaka, is a medium sized primate in one of the lemur families, Indriidae. It lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to western Madagascar dry deciduous forests and dry and spiny forests...
Propithecus verreauxi VU
- Silky Sifaka
- Genus: Avahi
- Family: LemuridaeLemuridaeLemuridae is a family of prosimian primates native to Madagascar, and one of five families commonly known as lemurs. These animals were thought to be the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, but this is no longer considered correct...
(large lemurs)- Genus: Eulemur
- White-headed LemurWhite-headed LemurThe white-headed lemur , also known as the white-headed brown lemur, white-fronted brown lemur, or white-fronted lemur, is a species of primate in the Lemuridae family. It is only found in north-eastern Madagascar...
Eulemur albifrons VU - Gray-headed LemurGray-headed LemurThe gray-headed lemur , or gray-headed brown lemur, is a medium-sized primate, a cathemeral species of lemur in the Lemuridae family. Until a taxonomic revision in 2008, it was known as the white-collared brown lemur or white-collared lemur . It lives in south-eastern Madagascar...
Eulemur cinereiceps EN - Collared Brown LemurCollared Brown LemurThe collared brown lemur , also known as the red-collared brown lemur or red-collared lemur, is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate and one of twelve species of brown lemur in the Lemuridae family. It is only found in south-eastern Madagascar. Like most species of lemur, it is arboreal, moving...
Eulemur collaris VU - Crowned LemurCrowned LemurThe crowned lemur is a lemur that is 31–36 cm long and weighs 2 kg. Its tail is about 42–51 cm long). The crowned lemur is endemic to the dry deciduous forests of the northern tip of Madagascar. It eats a diet of mostly flowers, fruits, and leaves...
Eulemur coronatus VU - Sclater's Lemur Eulemur flavifrons EN
- Common Brown LemurCommon Brown LemurThe common brown lemur , or brown lemur, is a species of lemur in the Lemuridae family. It is found in Madagascar and Mayotte.-Range:...
Eulemur fulvus NT - Black LemurBlack LemurThe Black Lemur is a species of lemur from the family Lemuridae. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to Madagascar. Originally, the species was thought to have two subspecies, Eulemur macaco macaco and Eulemur macaco flavifrons, both of which were elevated to species status by Mittermeier et al. in...
Eulemur macaco VU - Mongoose LemurMongoose LemurThe mongoose lemur is a lemur ranging from 12 to 18 inches long plus a tail of 16 to 25 inches. The mongoose lemur lives in dry deciduous forests on the island of Madagascar as well as in the humid forests on the islands of the Comoros...
Eulemur mongoz VU - Red-bellied LemurRed-bellied LemurThe Red-bellied Lemur is a medium sized prosimian with a luxuriant chestnut brown coat. This lemur is endemic to eastern Madagascan rainforests and is distinguished by patches of white skin below the eyes, giving rise to a "teardrop" effect, particularly conspicuous in the male.The species, first...
Eulemur rubriventer VU - Red-fronted LemurRed-fronted LemurThe red-fronted lemur , also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, E. fulvus. In 2001, E...
Eulemur rufifrons NT - Red LemurRed LemurThe red lemur , also known as the rufous brown lemur or northern red-fronted lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, the species E. rufus was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, E. fulvus, after which it was classified as its own species...
Eulemur rufus DD - Sanford's Brown LemurSanford's Brown LemurSanford's brown lemur , or Sanford's lemur, is a species of prosimian primate in the Lemuridae family. The Sanford's brown lemur was previously considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur but as of 2005 many of the brown lemurs have been elevated to a full species status...
Eulemur sanfordi EN
- White-headed Lemur
- Genus: Hapalemur
- Lac Alaotra Gentle LemurLac Alaotra Gentle LemurThe Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur , also known as the Lac Alaotra gentle lemur, Alaotran bamboo lemur, Alaotran gentle lemur, or locally as the , is a bamboo lemur. It is endemic to the reed beds in and around Lac Alaotra, in northeast Madagascar. The Alaotran lemur is the only primate specifically...
Hapalemur alaotrensis CR - Golden Bamboo LemurGolden Bamboo LemurThe Golden Bamboo Lemur or Golden Lemur is a medium sized bamboo lemur endemic to southeastern Madagascar. It is listed as an endangered species due to habitat loss. The population is declining with only about 1000 individuals...
Hapalemur aureus EN - Gilbert's Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur gilberti Not evaluated
- Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur Hapalemur griseus VU
- Southern Lesser Bamboo LemurSouthern Lesser Bamboo LemurThe southern lesser bamboo lemur , also known as the southern bamboo lemur, rusty-gray bamboo lemur, and southern gentle lemur, is species of bamboo lemur endemic to southern Madagascar near Tôlanaro. It was originally proposed as a subspecies of the eastern lesser bamboo lemur and is of similar size...
Hapalemur meridionalis VU - Western Lesser Bamboo LemurWestern Lesser Bamboo LemurThe Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur , also known as the Northern Bamboo Lemur and Western Gentle Lemur, is species of bamboo lemur endemic to Madagascar. The total length of this primate is 55–67 centimeters, more than half of which is tail, and average weight is just under 1 kilogram...
Hapalemur occidentalis VU
- Lac Alaotra Gentle Lemur
- Genus: Lemur
- Ring-tailed LemurRing-tailed LemurThe ring-tailed lemur is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families. It is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar...
Lemur catta NT
- Ring-tailed Lemur
- Genus: †PachylemurPachylemurPachylemur is an extinct genus of lemur most closely related to the ruffed lemurs . Its two representative species, Pachylemur insignis and Pachylemur jullyi, are only known from subfossil remains found at sites in central and southwestern Madagascar...
- Pachylemur insignis EX (PH)
- Pachylemur jullyi EX (PH)
- Genus: Prolemur
- Greater Bamboo LemurGreater Bamboo LemurThe Greater Bamboo Lemur , also known as the Broad-nosed Bamboo Lemur and the Broad-nosed Gentle Lemur, is the largest bamboo lemur, at over five pounds or nearly 2.5 kilograms. It has greyish brown fur and white ear tufts, and has a head-body length of around one and a half feet, or forty to...
Prolemur simus CR
- Greater Bamboo Lemur
- Genus: Varecia
- Red Ruffed LemurRed Ruffed LemurThe red ruffed lemur is one of two species in the genus Varecia, the ruffed lemurs; the other is the black-and-white ruffed lemur . Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar and occurs only in the rainforests of Masoala, in the northeast of the island...
Varecia rubra EN - Black-and-white Ruffed LemurBlack-and-white ruffed lemurThe black-and-white ruffed lemur is the more endangered of the two species of ruffed lemurs, both of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur, it has a much smaller population that is spread out, living in lower population densities...
Varecia variegata CR
- Red Ruffed Lemur
- Genus: Eulemur
- Family: Lepilemuridae
- Genus: Lepilemur
- Aeecl's Sportive LemurAeecl's Sportive LemurAEECL's sportive lemur, Antafia sportive lemur or red-shouldered sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about 52 to 59 centimeters, of which 24-26 centimeters are tail...
Lepilemur aeeclis DD - Ahmanson's Sportive LemurAhmanson's Sportive LemurAhmanson's sportive lemur , or Tsiombikibo sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a relatively small sportive lemur with a total length of about 47 to 54 centimeters, of which 23-25 centimeters are tail. Wright's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar, living in...
Lepilemur ahmansoni DD - Ankarana Sportive LemurAnkarana Sportive LemurThe Ankarana sportive lemur , or Ankarana weasel lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the smaller sportive lemurs with a total length of about 53 centimeters, including 25 centimeters of tail. Average body weight is approximately 750 grams...
Lepilemur ankaranensis EN - Betsileo Sportive LemurBetsileo Sportive LemurThe Betsileo sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a relatively large sportive lemur with a total length of about 58 to 27 centimeters, of which 32 to 33 centimeters are tail. The Betsileo Sportive Lemur is found in eastern Madagascar, living in primary and secondary...
Lepilemur betsileo DD - Gray-backed Sportive LemurGray-backed Sportive LemurThe gray-backed sportive lemur , also known as gray's sportive lemur or back-striped sportive lemur, is a species of lemur in the Lepilemuridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Lepilemur dorsalis DD - Milne-Edwards' Sportive LemurMilne-Edwards' Sportive LemurThe Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur , or Milne-Edwards' weasel lemur, is a species of lemur in the Lepilemuridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Lepilemur edwardsi VU - Fleurete's Sportive LemurFleurete's Sportive LemurFleurete's sportive lemur , or Andohahela sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a medium sized sportive lemur with a total length of about 58 to 67 centimeters, of which about 30 centimeters are tail Fleurete's sportive lemur is found in southeastern Madagascar, living...
Lepilemur fleuretae DD - Grewcock's Sportive LemurGrewcock's Sportive LemurGrewcock's sportive lemur , or Anjiamangirana sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a medium-sized sportive lemurs with a total length of about 55 to 63 centimeters, of which 26-30 centimeters are tail. Grewcock's sportive lemur is found in northwesetrn Madagascar,...
Lepilemur grewcocki DD - Holland's Sportive LemurHolland's Sportive LemurHolland's sportive lemur , or Mananara-Nord sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur that is endemic to Madagascar. This lemur is found specifically in the Mananara-Nord Biosphere Reserve, but the limits of its habitat have yet to be determined. It lives in primary and secondary rainforests...
Lepilemur hollandorum DD - Hubbard's Sportive LemurHubbard's Sportive LemurHubbard's sportive lemur , or Zombitse sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has total length of about 51 to 59 centimeters, of which 23-25 centimeters are tail. Hubbard's sportive lemur is found in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry transitional forests.Originally...
Lepilemur hubbardi DD - James' Sportive LemurJames' Sportive LemurJames' sportive lemur , or Manombo sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the larger sportive lemurs with a total length of about 60 to 67 centimeters, of which 28 to 32 centimeters are tail...
Lepilemur jamesi DD - White-footed Sportive LemurWhite-footed Sportive LemurThe white-footed sportive lemur , or white-footed weasel lemur, is a species of lemur in the Lepilemuridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Lepilemur leucopus DD - Small-toothed Sportive LemurSmall-toothed Sportive LemurThe small-toothed sportive lemur , or small-toothed weasel lemur, is a primate species in the family Lepilemuridae that—like all lemurs—is endemic to Madagascar. The species lives in dense rainforest in southeastern Madagascar, and can be found in Ranomafana and Andringitra National Parks...
Lepilemur microdon DD - Ring Sportive LemurRing Sportive LemurThe Daraina sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a relatively small sportive lemur with a total length of about 49 to 56 centimeters, of which 24-27 centimeters are tail. It is found in northern Madagascar, living in dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests....
Lepilemur milanoii DD - Mittermeier's Sportive LemurMittermeier's Sportive LemurThe Mittermeier's sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to the Ampasindava Peninsula in Madagascar....
Lepilemur mittermeieri DD - Weasel Sportive Lemur Lepilemur mustelinus DD
- Otto's Sportive LemurOtto's Sportive LemurOtto's sportive lemur , or Ambodimahabibo sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. Its coloration is primarily grey-brown. It is known only from Ambodimahabibo, between the Mahajamba River in the west and the Sofia River in the north....
Lepilemur otto DD - Petter's Sportive LemurPetter's Sportive LemurPetter's sportive lemur is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the smaller sportive lemurs with a total length of about 49 to 54 centimeters, of which 22-25 centimeters are tail. Petter's sportive lemur is found in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry spiny forests and some...
Lepilemur petteri DD - Randrianasoli's Sportive LemurRandrianasoli's Sportive LemurThe Randrianasolo's sportive lemur , or Bemaraha sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about 49 to 56 centimeters, of which 21-26 centimeters are tail. Randrianasolo's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar.Originally named L...
Lepilemur randrianasoli DD - Red-tailed Sportive LemurRed-tailed Sportive LemurThe red-tailed sportive lemur , or red-tailed weasel lemur, is native to Madagascar like all lemurs. It is a nocturnal species feeding largely on leaves, though they also eat some fruit. Individuals weigh around 800 grams, and there is little sexual dimorphism...
Lepilemur ruficaudatus DD - Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur Lepilemur sahamalazensis DD
- Scott's Sportive LemurScott's Sportive LemurScott's sportive lemur , or Masoala sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has greyish brown fur and a black-tipped tail. It is named in honor of the Suzanne and Walter Scott Jr. Foundation....
Lepilemur scottorum DD - Seal's Sportive LemurSeal's Sportive LemurSeal's sportive lemur , or Anjanaharibe-Sud sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a large sportive lemur with a total length of about 57 to 64 centimeters, of which 25 to 28 centimeters are tail. Seal's sportive lemur is found in northeastern Madagascar, living in...
Lepilemur seali DD - Northern Sportive LemurNorthern Sportive LemurThe northern sportive lemur , also known as the Sahafary sportive lemur or northern weasel lemur, is a species of lemur in the Lepilemuridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss and has been named one of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates."-References:...
Lepilemur septentrionalis CR - Hawks' Sportive Lemur Lepilemur tymerlachsoni DD
- Wright's Sportive LemurWright's Sportive LemurWright's sportive lemur , or Kalambatritra sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the larger sportive lemurs with a total length of about 52 to 64 centimeters, of which 24-27 centimeters are tail...
Lepilemur wrighti DD
- Aeecl's Sportive Lemur
- Genus: Lepilemur
- Family: †Megaladapidae (koala lemurs)
- Genus: †MegaladapisMegaladapisKoala lemurs, genus Megaladapis, belong to the family Megaladapidae, consisting of three extinct species of lemurs that once inhabited the island of Madagascar. The largest measured between in length.-Appearance and habits:...
- Megaladapis edwardsi EX (PH)
- Megaladapis madagascariensis EX (PH)
- Megaladapis grandidieri EX (PH)
- Genus: †Megaladapis
- Family: †Palaeopropithecidae (sloth lemurs)
- Genus: †ArchaeoindrisArchaeoindrisArchaeoindris fontoynonti is an extinct species of Malagasy lemur that was the largest primate to evolve on Madagascar. It weighed about and measured around 1.5m in height, more than a silverback gorilla. Archaeoindris is one of eight known members of the Palaeopropithecinae subfamily...
- Archaeoindris fontoynonti EX (PH)
- Genus: †BabakotiaBabakotiaBabakotia is a medium-sized, extinct genus of lemur, or strepsirrhine primate, from Madagascar that contains a single species, Babakotia radofilai. Together with Palaeopropithecus, Archaeoindris, and Mesopropithecus, it forms the family Palaeopropithecidae, commonly known as the sloth lemurs...
- Babakotia radofilai EX (PH)
- Genus: †MesopropithecusMesopropithecusMesopropithecus is an extinct genus of small to medium-sized lemur, or strepsirrhine primate, from Madagascar that includes three species, M. dolichobrachion, M. globiceps, and M. pithecoides. Together with Palaeopropithecus, Archaeoindris, and Babakotia, it is part of the sloth...
- Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion EX (PH)
- Mesopropithecus globiceps EX (PH)
- Mesopropithecus pithecoides EX (PH)
- Genus: †Palaeopropithecus (large sloth lemurs)
- Palaeopropithecus ingens EX (PH)
- Palaeopropithecus maximus EX (PH)
- Palaeopropithecus kelyus EX (PH)
- Genus: †Archaeoindris
- Family: †Archaeolemuridae (monkey lemurs)
- Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Order: RodentRodentRodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
ia (rodents)
----Incisor
Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and mandible below.-Function:...
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
Capybara
The capybara , also known as capivara in Portuguese, and capibara, chigüire in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador ronsoco in Peru, chigüiro, and carpincho in Spanish, is the largest living rodent in the world. Its closest relatives are agouti, chinchillas, coyphillas, and guinea pigs...
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb). All the native nesomyid
Nesomyidae
Nesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar...
rodents of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over
Rafting event
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing on large clumps of floating vegetation. Such matted clumps of vegetation are often seen floating down major rivers in the tropics and washing out to sea,...
from Africa 20–24 million years ago.
- Suborder: SciurognathiSciurognathiSciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. The group is characterized by a specific shape to the lower jaw. In sciurognaths, the angular process of the jaw is in the same plane as the root of the incisors...
- Family: NesomyidaeNesomyidaeNesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar...
- Subfamily: NesomyinaeNesomyinaeThe Malagasy rats and mice are the sole members of the subfamily Nesomyinae. These animals are the only native rodents of Madagascar, come in many shapes and sizes, and occupy a wide variety of ecological niches. There are nesomyines that resemble gerbils, rats, mice, voles, and even rabbits...
- Genus: BrachytarsomysBrachytarsomysBrachytarsomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It contains the following species:* White-tailed Antsangy * Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis * Hairy-tailed Antsangy...
- White-tailed AntsangyWhite-tailed AntsangyThe White-tailed Antsangy is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It is found only in Madagascar....
Brachytarsomys albicauda LC - Brachytarsomys mahajambaensisBrachytarsomys mahajambaensisBrachytarsomys mahajambaensis is an extinct rodent from northwestern Madagascar. It is known from nine isolated molars found in several sites during field work that started in 2001. First described in 2010, it is placed in the genus Brachytarsomys together with two larger living species, which may...
EX - Hairy-tailed Antsangy Brachytarsomys villosa EN
- White-tailed Antsangy
- Genus: BrachyuromysBrachyuromysBrachyuromys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It contains the following species:* Betsileo Short-tailed Rat * Gregarious Short-tailed Rat...
- Betsileo Short-tailed RatBetsileo Short-Tailed RatThe Betsileo Short-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
Brachyuromys betsileoensis LC - Gregarious Short-tailed RatGregarious Short-Tailed RatThe Gregarious Short-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
Brachyuromys ramirohitra LC
- Betsileo Short-tailed Rat
- Genus: EliurusEliurusEliurus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It contains the following species:* Tsingy Tufted-tailed Rat * Ankarana Special Reserve Tufted-tailed Rat...
- Tsingy Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus antsingy DD
- Eliurus carletoniEliurus carletoniEliurus carletoni is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. First described in 2009, it is commonly known as the Ankarana Special Reserve Tufted-tailed Rat. It is endemic to Madagascar....
- Daniel's Tufted-tailed RatDaniel's Tufted-Tailed RatDaniel's Tufted-Tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family. It was discovered in 2003 in the Parc National de l’Isalo in south-central Madagascar...
Eliurus danieli DD - Ellerman's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus ellermani DD
- Grandidier's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus grandidieri LC
- Major's Tufted-tailed RatMajor's Tufted-Tailed RatMajor's Tufted-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
Eliurus majori LC - Lesser Tufted-tailed RatLesser Tufted-Tailed RatThe Lesser Tufted-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Eliurus minor LC - Dormouse Tufted-tailed RatDormouse Tufted-Tailed RatThe Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 09 July 2007....
Eliurus myoxinus LC - White-tipped Tufted-tailed RatWhite-tipped tufted-tailed ratThe White-tipped tufted-tailed rat is a rodent found only on the island of Madagascar. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss.-References: Listed as Critically Endangered...
Eliurus penicillatus EN - Petter's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus petteri VU
- Tanala Tufted-tailed RatTanala Tufted-Tailed RatThe Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Eliurus tanala LC - Webb's Tufted-tailed RatWebb's Tufted-Tailed RatWebb's Tufted-tailed Rat is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Eliurus webbi LC
- Genus: Gymnuromys
- VoalavoanalaVoalavoanalaThe Voalavoanala is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is the only species in the genus Gymnuromys. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
Gymnuromys roberti LC
- Voalavoanala
- Genus: Hypogeomys
- Malagasy Giant RatMalagasy Giant RatThe Malagasy Giant Rat , also known as the Votsovotsa, is a nesomyid rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar...
Hypogeomys antimena EN - Hypogeomys australisHypogeomys australisHypogeomys australis is an extinct rodent from central and southeastern Madagascar. First described in 1903, it is larger than its close relative, the living Hypogeomys antimena, which occurs further west, but otherwise similar. Average length of the femur is 72.1 mm, compared to 63.8 mm...
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- Malagasy Giant Rat
- Genus: MacrotarsomysMacrotarsomysMacrotarsomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It contains the following species:Genus Macrotarsomys - Big-footed mice*Bastard Big-Footed Mouse, Macrotarsomys bastardi Milne-Edwards and G. Grandidier, 1898...
- Bastard Big-footed MouseBastard Big-Footed MouseThe Bastard Big-footed Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Macrotarsomys bastardi LC - Greater big-footed mouseGreater big-footed mouseThe Greater big-footed mouse is a nocturnal rodent found only on Madagascar. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss.-External links:*...
Macrotarsomys ingens EN - Petter's Big-footed Mouse Macrotarsomys petteri DD
- Bastard Big-footed Mouse
- Genus: MonticolomysMonticolomysMonticolomys is a genus of rodents within the subfamily Nesomyinae of the family Nesomyidae, and is closely related to Macrotarsomys. The only species, Monticolomys koopmani, also known as the Malagasy Mountain Mouse or Koopman's Montane Voalavo, is found in the highlands of eastern Madagascar...
- Malagasy Mountain Mouse Monticolomys koopmani LC
- Genus: NesomysNesomysNesomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only on Madagascar, and contains the following species:* White-bellied Nesomys * Western Nesomys * Nesomys narindaensis †...
- White-bellied Nesomys Nesomys audeberti LC
- Western Nesomys Nesomys lambertoni EN
- Nesomys narindaensisNesomys narindaensisNesomys narindaensis is an extinct rodent that lived in northwestern Madagascar. It is known from subfossil skull bones and isolated molars found in several sites during field work that started in 2001. First described in 2010, it is placed in the genus Nesomys together with three smaller living...
EX - Island MouseIsland MouseThe Island Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Nesomys rufus LC
- Genus: VoalavoVoalavoVoalavo is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Nesomyinae, found only in Madagascar. Two species are known, both of which occur in mountain forest above 1250 m altitude; Voalavo gymnocaudus lives in northern Madagascar and Voalavo antsahabensis is restricted to a small area in the central part...
- Voalavo antsahabensis
- Naked-tailed VoalavoNaked-tailed VoalavoVoalavo gymnocaudus, also known as the Northern Voalavo, Naked-tailed Voalavo, or just Voalavo, is a rodent in the family Nesomyidae found in the highlands of northern Madagascar. Discovered in 1994 and formally described in 1998, it is the type species of genus Voalavo; its closest relative is...
Voalavo gymnocaudus LC
- Genus: Brachytarsomys
- Subfamily: Nesomyinae
- Family: Nesomyidae
Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)
----The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehog
Hedgehog
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand . There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas...
s carry spines, while mole
Mole (animal)
Moles are small cylindrical mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have velvety fur; tiny or invisible ears and eyes; and short, powerful limbs with large paws oriented for digging. The term is especially and most properly used for the true moles, those of the Talpidae family in the...
s are stout-bodied burrowers.
- Family: Soricidae (shrews)
- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
- Genus: SuncusSuncusSuncus is a genus of shrews in the family Soricidae.-Classification:*Genus Suncus**Taita Shrew **Black Shrew **Day's Shrew **Etruscan Shrew...
- Madagascan Pygmy ShrewMadagascan Pygmy ShrewThe Madagascan Pygmy Shrew is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoros....
Suncus madagascariensis LC
- Madagascan Pygmy Shrew
- Genus: Suncus
- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.- Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
- Subfamily: PteropodinaePteropodinaePteropodinae is a subfamily of megabats. Species within this subfamily are:Subfamily Pteropodinae* Genus Acerodon**Sulawesi Flying Fox, Acerodon celebensis**Talaud Flying Fox, Acerodon humilis...
- Genus: EidolonEidolon (genus)Eidolon is a genus of megabats in the Pteropodidae family. It contains two species:*Madagascan Fruit Bat, Eidolon dupreanum*Straw-coloured Fruit Bat, Eidolon helvum-References:...
- Madagascan Fruit BatMadagascan Fruit BatThe Madagascan Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
Eidolon dupreanum VU
- Madagascan Fruit Bat
- Genus: PteropusPteropusBats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the megabat or Megachiroptera sub-order, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the fruit bats or flying foxes among other colloquial names...
- Madagascan Flying FoxMadagascan Flying FoxThe Madagascan Flying Fox, Madagascar Flying-fox, or Madagascar Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss...
Pteropus rufus VU
- Madagascan Flying Fox
- Genus: RousettusRousettusRousettus is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats. They are sometimes referred to as dog-faced fruit bats, or flying foxes. The genus is a member of the suborder Megachiroptera...
- Madagascan RousetteMadagascan RousetteThe Madagascan Rousette or Madagascar Rousette is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Rousettus madagascariensis NT
- Madagascan Rousette
- Genus: Eidolon
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Genus: Myotis
- Malagasy Mouse-eared BatMalagasy Mouse-eared BatThe Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat is a species of bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
Myotis goudoti LC
- Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat
- Genus: Myotis
- Subfamily: VespertilioninaeVespertilioninaeVespertilioninae is a subfamily of Vesper Bats from the family Vespertilionidae.-Classification:Subfamily Vespertilioninae*Tribe Eptesicini**Genus Arielulus***Collared Pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris...
- Genus: HypsugoHypsugoThe genus Hypsugo contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats. They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats within the order Chiroptera.-Species:*Hypsugo alaschanicus...
- Hypsugo anchietae LC
- Genus: NeoromiciaNeoromiciaNeoromicia is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It contains the following species:* Dark-Brown Serotine * Cape Serotine * Yellow Serotine...
- Isalo Serotine Neoromicia malagasyensis EN
- Malagasy Serotine Neoromicia matroka LC
- Neoromicia melckorum DD
- Genus: PipistrellusPipistrellusPipistrellus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word Pipistrello, meaning "bat"....
- Dusky PipistrelleDusky PipistrelleThe Dusky Pipistrelle is a small pipistrelle bat found in Africa....
Pipistrellus hesperidus LC - Pipistrellus raceyiPipistrellus raceyiPipistrellus raceyi, also known as Racey's pipistrelle bat, is a bat from Madagascar, in the genus Pipistrellus. Although unidentified species of Pipistrellus had been previously reported from Madagascar since the 1990s, P. raceyi was not formally named until 2006...
DD
- Dusky Pipistrelle
- Genus: ScotophilusScotophilusScotophilus is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly called yellow bats. They are found in southern Asia and Africa.- Species :- Reproduction :...
- Lesser Yellow BatLesser Yellow BatThe Lesser Yellow Bat is a vesper bat found only on Madagascar and Réunion. On Réunion, it was considered common early in the 19th century, but was last sighted late in the 19th century. Only a single specimen attributed to this species, collected in 1868, is known from Madagascar...
Scotophilus borbonicus DD - Scotophilus marovaza
- Robust Yellow BatRobust Yellow BatThe Robust Yellow Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Scotophilus robustus LC - Scotophilus tandrefana
- Lesser Yellow Bat
- Genus: Hypsugo
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Family: Miniopteridae
- Genus: MiniopterusMiniopterusMiniopterus is a genus of bats and the only genus of the family Miniopteridae. The genus was previously placed in its own subfamily, Miniopterinae, of the vesper bat family, but is now classified in its own family....
- Miniopterus aelleniMiniopterus aelleniMiniopterus aelleni is a bat in the genus Miniopterus that occurs on Anjouan in the Comoros and in northern and western Madagascar. It is a small, brown bat; its forearm length is 35 to 41 mm . The long tragus has a broad base and a blunt to rounded tip. The uropatagium is sparsely haired...
- Miniopterus brachytragosMiniopterus brachytragosMiniopterus brachytragos is a bat in the genus Miniopterus that occurs in northern and western Madagascar. Populations of this species have historically been included in Miniopterus manavi, but molecular data published in 2008 and 2009 indicate this supposed species in fact consists of five...
- Glen's Long-fingered BatMiniopterus gleniMiniopterus gleni is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 2000. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Miniopterus gleni LC - Miniopterus griffithsiMiniopterus griffithsiMiniopterus griffithsi is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southern Madagascar....
- Miniopterus griveaudiMiniopterus griveaudiMiniopterus griveaudi is a bat in the genus Miniopterus found on Grande Comore and Anjouan in the Comoros and in northern and western Madagascar. First described in 1959 from Grande Comore as a subspecies of the mainland African M. minor, it was later placed with the Malagasy M. manavi...
DD - Miniopterus mahafaliensisMiniopterus mahafaliensisMiniopterus mahafaliensis is a bat in the genus Miniopterus that occurs in southwestern Madagascar. Populations of this species have historically been included in Miniopterus manavi, but molecular data published in 2008 and 2009 indicate that this supposed species in fact consists of five separate...
- Major's Long-fingered BatMiniopterus majoriMiniopterus majori is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found only in Madagascar. It is similar to M. schreibersi of Africa, differing by having a shorter forearm, slightly longer digits and a narrow box-shaped skull. The pelage is often a greyish brown colour, and the...
Miniopterus majori LC - Manavi Long-fingered BatManavi Long-fingered BatMiniopterus manavi is a bat in the genus Miniopterus that occurs in east-central Madagascar. First described in 1906, this species was later included in the mainland African M. minor...
Miniopterus manavi LC - Miniopterus petersoniMiniopterus petersoniMiniopterus petersoni is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southeast Madagascar. It was described by Steven M. Goodman et al. in 2008. While M. petersoni is similar to M. sororculus, the two species are not closely related to each other, and possess a number of differing external and...
DD - Sororcula Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus sororculus LC
- Miniopterus aelleni
- Genus: Miniopterus
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: ChaerephonChaerephonChaerephon , of the Athenian deme Sphettus, was a loyal friend and follower of Socrates. He is known only through brief descriptions by classical writers and was "an unusual man by all accounts", though a man of loyal democratic values.-Life:...
- Chaerephon atsinanana
- Chaerephon jobimena
- Grandidier's Free-tailed BatGrandidier's Free-tailed BatGrandidier's Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Chaerephon leucogaster LC
- Genus: MopsFree-tailed batMolossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera. They are generally quite robust, and consist of many strong flying forms with relatively long and narrow wings. Another common name for some members of this group, and indeed a few species from other families, is...
- Mops leucostigmaMops leucostigmaMops leucostigma is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 2000. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
LC - Midas Free-tailed BatMidas Free-tailed BatThe Midas Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,...
Mops midas LC
- Mops leucostigma
- Genus: MormopterusMormopterusThe bat genus Mormopterus belongs to a group commonly referred to as "free-tailed bats"...
- Peter's Wrinkle-Lipped BatPeter's Wrinkle-Lipped BatPeter's Wrinkle-Lipped Bat is a species of bat found in Madagascar. It is threatened by ongoing habitat loss.-References:...
Mormopterus jugularis LC
- Peter's Wrinkle-Lipped Bat
- Genus: OtomopsOtomopsOtomops is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.It contains the following species:* Javan Mastiff Bat * Otomops johnstonei* Madagascar Free-tailed Bat...
- Madagascar Free-tailed Bat Otomops madagascariensis LC
- Genus: TadaridaTadaridaThe genus Tadarida has ten or more species of bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World...
- Madagascan Large Free-tailed BatMadagascan Large Free-tailed BatThe Madagascan Large Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.-References:* Cotterill, F.W....
Tadarida fulminans LC
- Madagascan Large Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: Chaerephon
- Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: ColeuraColeuraColeura is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It contains the following species:* African Sheath-tailed Bat * Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat...
- African Sheath-Tailed BatAfrican Sheath-Tailed BatThe African Sheath-Tailed Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar,...
Coleura afra LC
- African Sheath-Tailed Bat
- Genus: EmballonuraEmballonuraEmballonura is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It contains the following species:* Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat * Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat...
- Peters's Sheath-tailed BatPeters's Sheath-Tailed BatPeters's Sheath-tailed Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found only in Madagascar.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Emballonura atrata LC - Western Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura tiavato LC
- Peters's Sheath-tailed Bat
- Genus: TaphozousTaphozousTaphozous is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It contains the following species:* Indonesian Tomb Bat * Coastal Tomb Bat * Sharp-Nosed Tomb Bat...
- Mauritian Tomb BatMauritian Tomb BatThe Mauritian Tomb Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae that is found in central and southern Africa and Madagascar. It was discovered in 1818 by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and is characterized by an all-white ventral surface, grizzled dorsal coloration, and conical...
Taphozous mauritianus LC
- Mauritian Tomb Bat
- Genus: Coleura
- Family: NycteridaeNycteridaeNycteridae is the family of slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in a single genus, Nycteris. The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia and many parts of Africa....
- Genus: Nycteris
- Malagasy Slit-faced BatMalagasy Slit-faced BatThe Malagasy Slit-faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat in Madagascar. Very little is known about this species.-References:...
Nycteris madagascariensis DD
- Malagasy Slit-faced Bat
- Genus: Nycteris
- Family: Hipposideridae
- Genus: HipposiderosHipposiderosHipposideros is a one of the most diverse genera of bats with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament...
- Hipposideros besaokaHipposideros besaokaHipposideros besaoka is an extinct bat from Madagascar in the genus Hipposideros. It is known from numerous jaws and teeth, which were collected in a cave at Anjohibe in 1996 and described as a new species in 2007...
EX - Commerson's roundleaf bat Hipposideros commersoni NT
- Hipposideros besaoka
- Genus: Paratriaenops
- Grandidier's Trident BatGrandidier's Trident BatParatriaenops auritus, also known as Grandidier's Trident Bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Madagascar...
Paratriaenops auritus VU - Trouessart's Trident BatTrouessart's Trident BatParatriaenops furculus, also known as Trouessart's Trident Bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It was formerly assigned to the genus Triaenops, but is now placed in the separate genus Paratriaenops. A related species, Paratriaenops pauliani, occurs in...
Paratriaenops furculus LC
- Grandidier's Trident Bat
- Genus: TriaenopsTriaenopsTriaenops is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is classified in the tribe Triaenopini, along with the closely related genus Paratriaenops and perhaps the poorly known Cloeotis. The species of Paratriaenops, which occur on Madagascar and the Seychelles, were placed in Triaenops until...
- Triaenops goodmaniTriaenops goodmaniTriaenops goodmani is an extinct bat from Madagascar in the genus Triaenops. It is known from three lower jaws collected in a cave at Anjohibe in 1996, and described as a new species in 2007. The material is at most 10,000 years old. A bat humerus from the same site could not be identified as...
EX - Triaenops menamenaTriaenops menamenaTriaenops menamena is a bat in the genus Triaenops found on Madagascar, mainly in the drier regions. It was known as Triaenops rufus until 2009, when it was discovered that that name had been incorrectly applied to the species...
LC
- Triaenops goodmani
- Genus: Hipposideros
- Family: Myzopodidae
- Genus: MyzopodaMyzopodaMyzopoda is the only genus in family Myzopodidae, a family of bats, endemic to Madagascar.Two species:FAMILY MYZOPODIDAE*Genus Myzopoda**Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat, Myzopoda aurita Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1878...
- Madagascar Sucker-footed BatMadagascar Sucker-footed BatThe Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat, Old World Sucker-footed Bat, or simply Sucker-footed Bat is a species of bat in the family Myzopodidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Myzopoda aurita LC - Western Sucker-footed BatWestern Sucker-footed BatThe Western Sucker-footed Bat is a Malagasy bat. Little is known about its habits, but they are assumed to be similar to those of the Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat.-Physical characteristics:...
Myzopoda schliemanni LC
- Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat
- Genus: Myzopoda
Order: CarnivoraCarnivoraThe diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...
(carnivorans)
----Rafting event
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing on large clumps of floating vegetation. Such matted clumps of vegetation are often seen floating down major rivers in the tropics and washing out to sea,...
from Africa 19–26 million years ago. Though their closest relatives outside Madagascar are the mongooses, the Malagasy mongooses are not "true" herpestid mongooses but rather are thought to represent an example of convergent
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution describes the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages.The wing is a classic example of convergent evolution in action. Although their last common ancestor did not have wings, both birds and bats do, and are capable of powered flight. The wings are...
or parallel evolution
Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the development of a similar trait in related, but distinct, species descending from the same ancestor, but from different clades.-Parallel vs...
.
- Suborder: FeliformiaFeliformiaThe Feliformia are a suborder within the order Carnivora and includes cats , hyenas, mongooses, civets and related taxa. The other suborder of Carnivora is Caniformia...
- Family: EupleridaeEupleridaeThe family Eupleridae is a group of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known species in seven genera. Probably the best known species is the Fossa , in the subfamily Euplerinae...
- Subfamily: EuplerinaeEuplerinaeEuplerinae is a subfamily of carnivorans that includes three species restricted to Madagascar. Together with the subfamily Galidiinae, which also occurs on Madagascar only, it forms the family Eupleridae...
- Genus: Cryptoprocta
- FossaFossa (animal)The fossa is a cat-like, carnivorous mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Eupleridae, a family of carnivorans closely related to the mongoose family . Its classification has been controversial because its physical traits resemble those of cats, yet other traits suggest a...
Cryptoprocta ferox VU - Giant FossaCryptoprocta speleaCryptoprocta spelea, also known as the giant fossa, is an extinct species of carnivore from Madagascar in the family Eupleridae, which is most closely related to the mongooses and includes all Malagasy carnivorans. It was first described in 1902, and in 1935 was recognized as a separate species...
Cryptoprocta spelea EX (PH)
- Fossa
- Genus: Eupleres
- FalanoucFalanoucThe Falanouc is a rare mongoose-like mammal endemic Malagasy euplerid .It is classified alongside its closest living relative, the Fanaloka, in the subfamily Euplerinae. The Falanouc has several peculiarities which merit its independent classification...
Eupleres goudotii NT - Eupleres major
- Falanouc
- Genus: Fossa
- Malagasy Civet Fossa fossana NT
- Genus: Cryptoprocta
- Subfamily: GalidiinaeGalidiinaeGalidiinae is a subfamily of carnivorans restricted to Madagascar which includes six species classified into four genera. Together with the three other species of indigenous Malagasy carnivorans, including the fossa, they are currently classified in the family Eupleridae within the suborder...
- Genus: Galidia
- Ring-tailed MongooseRing-tailed mongooseThe Ring-tailed mongoose is a euplerid that lives on the island of Madagascar. There is actually much disagreement about the placement of Madagascar's carnivores including the Ring-tailed mongoose, within the phylogenetic tree. Recent molecular work by Anne Yoder et al...
Galidia elegans LC
- Ring-tailed Mongoose
- Genus: GalidictisGalidictisGalidictis is a genus of carnivoran in the family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar.It contains the following species:* Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose .* Grandidier's Mongoose ....
- Broad-striped Malagasy MongooseBroad-striped Malagasy MongooseThe Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose, Galidictis fasciata, is a species of mongoose. It is a forest-dweller native to eastern Madagascar. The species contains two known subspecies: G. f. striata and G. f. fasciata...
Galidictis fasciata NT - Grandidier's Mongoose Galidictis grandidieri EN
- Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose
- Genus: Mungotictis
- Narrow-striped MongooseNarrow-striped MongooseThe Narrow-striped Mongoose , also locally called boky-boky in Malagasy, is a member of the family Eupleridae, subfamily Galidiinae. It inhabits the dry deciduous forests of western and southwestern Madagascar...
Mungotictis decemlineata EN
- Narrow-striped Mongoose
- Genus: SalanoiaSalanoiaSalanoia is a genus of euplerid carnivoran with two currently described species found in Madagascar. They are mongoose-like, which is reflected in the older versions of their English names, for example brown-tailed mongoose which is now called brown-tailed vontsira. The name Salanoia is derived...
- Brown-tailed MongooseBrown-tailed MongooseThe brown-tailed mongoose, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano is a species of mammal in the Eupleridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests...
Salanoia concolor VU - Salanoia durrelliSalanoia durrelliSalanoia durrelli, also known as Durrell's vontsira, is a Madagascan mammal in the family Eupleridae of the order Carnivora. It is most closely related to the brown-tailed mongoose , with which it forms the genus Salanoia. The two are genetically similar, but morphologically distinct, leading...
- Brown-tailed Mongoose
- Genus: Galidia
- Subfamily: Euplerinae
- Family: Eupleridae
- Suborder: CaniformiaCaniformiaCaniformia, or Canoidea , is a suborder within the order Carnivora. They typically possess a long snout and non-retractile claws . The Pinnipedia evolved from caniform ancestors and are accordingly assigned to this group...
- Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
- Genus: ArctocephalusArctocephalusThe genus Arctocephalus consists of eight of the nine species of fur seal. For details see the fur seal article, or the individual species articles.-Taxonomy:* SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA* Family Otariidae...
- Subantarctic Fur SealSubantarctic Fur SealThe subantarctic fur seal is a fur seal found in the southern parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was first described by Gray in 1872 from a specimen recovered in northern Australia—hence the inappropriate tropicalis specific name.- Description :The subantarctic fur seal is...
Arctocephalus tropicalis LC
- Subantarctic Fur Seal
- Genus: Arctocephalus
- Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
----Ungulate
Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. They make up several orders of mammals, of which six to eight survive...
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s. Madagascar's only native artioadactyls are the extinct Malagasy hippo
Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
s, which are believed to have descended from ancestors that managed to cross the Mozambique Channel
Mozambique Channel
The Mozambique Channel is a portion of the Indian Ocean located between the island nation of Madagascar and southeast Africa, primarily the country of Mozambique. It was a World War II clashpoint during the Battle of Madagascar...
from Africa in the late Quaternary
Quaternary
The Quaternary Period is the most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the ICS. It follows the Neogene Period, spanning 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present...
, perhaps by swimming. More than one hippo colonization event
Biological dispersal
Biological dispersal refers to species movement away from an existing population or away from the parent organism. Through simply moving from one habitat patch to another, the dispersal of an individual has consequences not only for individual fitness, but also for population dynamics, population...
may have occurred.
- Family: HippopotamidaeHippopotamidaeHippopotamuses are the members of the family Hippopotamidae. They are the only extant artiodactyls which walk on four toes on each foot.- Characteristics :...
(hippopotamuses)- Genus: HippopotamusHippopotamusThe hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
- Lesser Malagasy Hippopotamus Hippopotamus laloumena EX (PH)
- Malagasy Dwarf Hippopotamus Hippopotamus lemerlei EX (PH)
- Malagasy Pygmy Hippopotamus Hippopotamus madagascariensis EX (PH)
- Genus: Hippopotamus
Order: CetaceaCetaceaThe order Cetacea includes the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "whale" or "any huge fish or sea...
(whales)
----Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
s, dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
s and porpoise
Porpoise
Porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen...
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
Aquatic adaptation
Several animal groups have undergone aquatic adaptation, going from being purely terrestrial animals to living at least part of the time in water. The adaptations in early speciation tend to develop as the animal ventures into water in order to find available food. As successive generations spend...
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Their closest extant relatives are artiodactyls, in particular the hippos
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamuses are the members of the family Hippopotamidae. They are the only extant artiodactyls which walk on four toes on each foot.- Characteristics :...
.
- Suborder: Mysticeti
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Genus: BalaenopteraBalaenopteraBalaenoptera is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003...
- Bryde's WhaleBryde's WhaleBryde's whales are baleen whales, one of the "great whales" or rorquals. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whales in their family frequent. They are largely coastal rather than pelagic. Bryde's whales are very similar in appearance to sei whales and almost as...
Balaenoptera edeni DD - Fin WhaleFin WhaleThe fin whale , also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second longest whale and the sixth largest living animal after the blue whale, bowhead whale, and right whales, growing to nearly 27 metres long...
Balaenoptera physalus EN - Blue WhaleBlue WhaleThe blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales . At in length and or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed....
Balaenoptera musculus EN - Pygmy Blue WhalePygmy Blue WhaleThe pygmy blue whale is a subspecies of the blue whale found in the Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean....
Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda DD
- Bryde's Whale
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Family: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback WhaleHumpback WhaleThe humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from and weigh approximately . The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the...
Megaptera novaeangliae LC
- Humpback Whale
- Genus: Megaptera
- Family: BalaenidaeBalaenidaeBalaenidae is a family of mysticete whales that contains two living genera. Commonly called the right whales as it contains mainly right whale species...
- Genus: Eubalaena
- Southern Right WhaleSouthern Right WhaleThe southern right whale is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Like other right whales, the southern right whale is readily distinguished from others by the callosities on its head, a broad back without a dorsal fin, and a long arching...
Eubalaena australis LC
- Southern Right Whale
- Genus: Eubalaena
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy Sperm WhalePygmy Sperm WhaleThe Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.-Taxonomy:...
Kogia breviceps DD - Dwarf Sperm WhaleDwarf Sperm WhaleThe Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of three species in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea. As such, most information is a result of the study of stranded carcasses.-Taxonomy:...
Kogia sima DD
- Pygmy Sperm Whale
- Genus: Kogia
- Family: Ziphidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Blainville's Beaked WhaleBlainville's Beaked WhaleBlainville's beaked whale , or the dense-beaked whale, is the widest ranging mesoplodont whale and perhaps the most documented. Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw—the heaviest bone he had ever come across—which resulted in the name densirostris...
Mesoplodon densirostris DD - Gray's Beaked WhaleGray's Beaked WhaleGray's beaked whale , sometimes known as Haast's beaked whale, the Scamperdown whale, or the southern beaked whale, is one of the better-known members of the genus Mesoplodon. The scientific name refers to John Edward Gray, a zoologist at the British Museum. This species is fairly gregarious and...
Mesoplodon grayi DD - Hector's Beaked WhaleHector's Beaked WhaleHector's beaked whale , is a small mesoplodont living in the Southern Hemisphere. This whale is named after Sir James Hector, a founder of the colonial museum in Wellington, New Zealand...
Mesoplodon hectori DD - Layard's Beaked WhaleLayard's Beaked WhaleThe strap-toothed whale , also known as the Layard's beaked whale or the long-toothed whale is a large mesoplodont with some of the most bizarre teeth of any mammal...
Mesoplodon layardii DD - True's Beaked WhaleTrue's Beaked WhaleThe True's Beaked Whale is a medium sized whale in the Mesoplodont genus. The common name is in reference to Frederick W. True, a curator at the United States National Museum...
Mesoplodon mirus DD
- Blainville's Beaked Whale
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed DolphinRough-toothed DolphinThe Rough-toothed dolphin is species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823...
Steno bredanensis LC
- Rough-toothed Dolphin
- Genus: Sousa
- Chinese White DolphinChinese White DolphinThe Chinese white dolphin is a humpback dolphin species, one of eighty cetacean species. An adult is white or pink and may appear as an albino dolphin to some. Uniquely, the population along the Chinese coast has pink skin. Pink skin is not pigment, but blood vessels for thermoregulation...
Sousa chinensis NT
- Chinese White Dolphin
- Genus: Tursiops
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinIndo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinThe Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin. The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin grows to long, and weigh up to . It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa. Its back is dark grey and its belly...
Tursiops aduncus DD
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
- Genus: StenellaStenellaStenella is a genus of aquatic mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.Currently five species are recognised in this genus:*Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, S. attenuata*Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, S. frontalis...
- Pantropical Spotted DolphinPantropical Spotted DolphinThe Pantropical Spotted Dolphin is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines...
Stenella attenuata LC - Spinner DolphinSpinner DolphinThe Spinner Dolphin is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which they spin longitudinally along their axis as they leap through the air.-Taxonomy:...
Stenella longirostris DD
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
- Genus: DelphinusDelphinusDelphinus is a constellation in the northern sky, close to the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for dolphin. Delphinus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains among the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical...
- Common dolphinCommon dolphinThe common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis...
Delphinus capensis DD
- Common dolphin
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's DolphinFraser's DolphinFraser's Dolphin or Sarawak Dolphin is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.-Taxonomy:...
Lagenodelphis hosei DD
- Fraser's Dolphin
- Genus: Feresa
- Pygmy Killer WhalePygmy Killer WhaleThe pygmy killer whale is a small, rarely seen cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family . It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca It is the smallest species that has "whale" in its common name. In fact, "killer" may be more apt in the case of the pygmy...
Feresa attenuata DD
- Pygmy Killer Whale
- Genus: Orcinus
- OrcaOrcaThe killer whale , commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas...
Orcinus orca DD
- Orca
- Genus: Steno
- Family: Kogiidae
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Animals known of from Malagasy native tradition
- See Fauna of Madagascar#Native names for extinct megafauna.
See also
- Fauna of Madagascar
- List of regional mammals lists
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classificationMammal classificationMammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus initially defined the class. Many earlier ideas have been completely abandoned by modern taxonomists, among these are the idea that bats are related to birds...
- New mammal species