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Rainforest

Pool with Pandanus
Pool with <I>Pandanus</I>
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The Perinet Reserve at an elevation of about 1000 m (3300ft) east of Antananarivo is the easiest place to see and hear Indri Lemurs. They are found also outside the small 810 hectare (2002 acres) reserve, but the surrounding area is becoming fragmented and deforested.

The leaves of Pandanus, the large plant at the right, have an interesting internal structure…

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Contents:
1.Ranomafana National Park
2.Analamazoatra Special Reserve
 ·Pool with Pandanus
 ·Pandanus leaf skeleton
 ·Indri Lemur
 ·Indri Lemur call
 ·Indri Lemur
 ·Gasteracantha spider
 ·Tiger beetle
 ·Crossbar moth

3.Montagne d'Ambre National Park
4.Masoala
Peninsula

5.Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve
6.Former rainforest near Sambava
 
Golden Mantella, Mantella aurantiaca

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