Discover the Unique Animals of Madagascar
Madagascar is home to some of the world’s most remarkable wildlife. Around 85 percent of Madagascar’s animals are found nowhere else on Earth, making the island a global hotspot for endemic species.
Millions of years of isolation have allowed Madagascar’s wildlife to evolve in extraordinary ways, giving rise to unique genera and entire families of animals that exist only on this island.
From playful lemurs and colourful chameleons to rare frogs and insects, Madagascar’s biodiversity is unlike anywhere else on the planet.
LEARN more about the amazing animals that call this island home!
Mammals
Crowned sifaka
Crowned Lemur
MONTAGNE D’AMBRE MOUSE LEMUR
Coquerel’s sifaka
ANKARANA SPORTIVE LEMUR
GRAY BROWN MOUSE LEMUR
Petter’s Sportive Lemur
Ganzhorn’s Mouse Lemur
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
