The Wildlife of Madagascar
Madagascar's wildlife includes Aye Ayes, lemurs, bats, fossas, fanaloka, mongoose, tenrecs, blue couas, chamelions, geckos, crocodiles, snakes, frogs, stick bugs, leaf bugs, and many more exotic creatures. Of roughly 200,000 known species found on Madagascar, about 150,000 exist nowhere else. Unique to the island are more than 50 types of lemurs, 99 percent of its frog species, and 36 species of birds. Madagascar is home to all of the world's lemurs, half of its chameleon species, and 6 percent of its frogs. The reason so much of Madagascar's wildlife is unique to the island is because Madagascar was formerly part of Africa. When Madagascar drifted away, it brought all it's wildlife with it. When the wildlife left on Africa either evolved or was overtaken, the wildlife on Madagascar remained mostly unchallenged. Madagascar is facing the problem of many of these animals going extinct due to loss of their habitats, hunting, and also just the fact that they are not as evolved as most other animals. The elephant bird was one of the largest and heaviest birds on the planet, until they went extinct from domestic cats and dogs eating there 20 pound eggs. There are also animals like the greater bamboo lemur (prolemur simus). These lemurs are going extinct due to the loss of their habitat. Now, there's only 30-40 left.
By Miles
By Miles