Madagascaris one of eight 'hottest' biodiversity hotspots based on richness and endemism of plants (c. 12,000 spp. of vascular plants, >90 per cent endemic, Schatz, 2000) and vertebrates (>700 spp. with c. 50 per cent endemism in birds and >98 per cent in amphibians, reptiles and mammals, Langrand & Wilme, 1997), and on habitat loss

Inan assessment of 653 freshwater plant and animal species living on Madagascar and nearby islands, biologists found that 43 percent are threatened with extinction or there isn’t enough

Hixonand his colleagues used this approach to date 83 introduced animals (dogs and livestock) and 75 endemic animals. They found that the two groups did overlap in time and space, and statistical

AboutMadagascar's environment, including information about forests and environmental issues. has tremendous biodiversity and high rates of endemic species: of more than 200,000 known species found on Madagascar, more than 80 percent exist nowhere else. the island are over 100 kinds of lemurs, over 300 species of frogs, and

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animals only found in madagascar