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Manongarivo Special Reserve

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Manongarivo Special Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1]
Map showing the location of Manongarivo Special Reserve
Map showing the location of Manongarivo Special Reserve
Location of Manongarivo Reserve
LocationNorthern western Madagascar
Nearest cityAmbanja
Coordinates14°00′S 48°20′E / 14.000°S 48.333°E / -14.000; 48.333
Area643.56 km2 (248.48 sq mi)
Established1956
Governing bodyParcs Nationaux Madagascar – ANGAP

Manongarivo Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the North-West of Madagascar in the region of Diana.

Manongarivo is home to both the Sambirano mouse lemur and the Sambirano woolly lemur.[2]

Geography

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The reserve has a surface of 64,356 ha[1] and is situated at 35 km from Ambanja. It has an elevation of 1013 metres.[3]

Flora and fauna

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The vegetation is composed of low- and mid-altitude dense humid forest. Low-altitude, dry-transitional forest covers 18% of the reserve, and is dominated by trees of Canarium, Symphonia (and other species of Guttiferae), Terminalia, Ravensara and species of Sapotaceae, with smaller trees such as Phyllarthron in the subcanopy. There are about sixty species of birds in the reserve, thirty of which are endemic to Madagascar.[4]

Some of the species found in the reserve are:

Fauna

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Flora

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References

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  1. ^ a b UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Manongarivo from the World Database on Protected Areas. Accessed 28 August 2022. [1]
  2. ^ "Manongarivo Special Reserve | Lemurs of Madagascar". www.lemursofmadagascar.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ "Manongarivo Reserve". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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