MADAGASCAR IS HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXTRAORDINARY WILDLIFE.
It is estimated that 85 percent of the animals are found only there, and nowhere else on Earth.
Over millions of years, Madagascar has undergone a remarkable evolution, leading to scientific genera—and even entire families—of animals that are unique.
Find out more about some of the amazing animals that call this island home!
Mammals
Ring-tailed Lemur- Red Ruffed Lemur
- Crowned sifaka
- Coquerel’s sifaka
- Crowned Lemur
- MONTAGNE D’AMBRE MOUSE LEMUR
- ANKARANA SPORTIVE LEMUR
- Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
- GRAY BROWN MOUSE LEMUR
- Petter’s Sportive Lemur
- Ganzhorn’s Mouse Lemur
- Fleurete’s Sportive Lemur
- Western woolly lemur
- Verreaux’s Sifaka
- Blue-eyed black lemur
Birds
- Forest rock thrush
- Nelicourvi weaver
COUA
- MADAGASCAR MALACHITE KINGFISHER
- Short-legged ground-roller
- paradise flycatcher
- madagascar hoopoe
- frances’s sparrowhawk
- Souimanga Sunbird
- NAMAQUA DOVE
- torotoroka scops owl
- Crested drongo
- madagascar bee eater
- SAKALAVA WEAVER
- pied crow
- hamerkop
- WHITE-THROATED RAIL
Herpetofauna
- WARTY CHAMELEON
- CRYPTIC CHAMELEON
- ELEPHANT-EARED CHAMELEON
- PETTER’S CHAMELEON
- CENTRAL BRIGHT-EYED FROG
- AMBER MOUNTAIN LEAF-TAILED GECKO
- LINED GREEN DAY GECKO
- Madgascan bright eyed frog
- PERINET CHAMELEON
- COLLARED IGUANA
- MADAGASCAR GARTER SNAKE
- THICKTAIL DAY GECKO
- THREE-EYED LIZARD
- BOOPHIS FROG
Insects AND ARACHNIDS
- ROYAL BLUE PANSY BUTTERFLY
- RED-LEGGED GOLDEN ORB WEAVER
- PAPILIO BUTTERFLY
- RAINBOW MILKWEED LOCUST
- BLACK-AND-WHITE MARBLED WEEVIL
- FIRE MILLIPEDE
- HAWK MOTH
- RED DRAGONFLY
- AFRICAN MONARCH BUTTERFLY
- FLATID LEAF BUG
- PRAYING MANTIS
