Manongarivo Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the North-West of Madagascar in the region of Diana.
| Manongarivo Special Reserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1] | |
  Location of Manongarivo Reserve | |
| Location | Northern western Madagascar |
| Nearest city | Ambanja |
| Coordinates | 14°00′S 48°20′E |
| Area | 643.56 km2 (248.48 sq mi) |
| Established | 1956 |
| Governing body | Parcs Nationaux Madagascar – ANGAP |
Manongarivo is home to both the Sambirano mouse lemur and the Sambirano woolly lemur.[2]
Geography
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
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
Flora
- Bazzania descrescens
- Diplasiolejeunea cobrensis
- Drepanolejeunea geisslerae
- Microlejeunae fissistipula
- Lopholejeunea leioptera
- Plagiochila fracta
- Scistochila piligera
- Leucobryum parvulum
- Leucobryum sanctae-mariae
- Ochrobryum sakalavu
- Syrrhopodon cuneifolius
References
External links
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