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
Crowned sifaka
Crowned Lemur
MONTAGNE D’AMBRE MOUSE LEMUR
Coquerel’s sifaka
ANKARANA SPORTIVE LEMUR
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
GRAY BROWN MOUSE LEMUR
Petter’s Sportive Lemur
Red Ruffed Lemur
Ganzhorn’s Mouse 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
