Ivohibe

Category

Special Reserve, category IV

Manager

Madagascar National Parks (MNP)

Area

3453 ha

Geographic Location

Fianarantsoa Province, Ihorombe Region, Ivohibe District

International label

Key area for biodiversity

Flagship Species

The Ivohibe massif is a southern part of the Andringitra chain. The Reserve belongs to the ecoregion of the center and the ecoregion of the east.  It is representative of the humid dense forests of low and medium altitude. The flora that we find there includes typical elements of the dense humid evergreen forest, as well as species restricted to the high plateaus of the Southeast and local endemics. As for the fauna, the reserve shelters a great biological richness even if no locally endemic species have been recorded there: 8 species of lemurs whose distribution is relatively restricted to the South-East (e.g.: Propithecus edwardsi, Avahi peyrierasi).

Ivohibe - FAPBM

Primates

8 species

2 of which are endangered and 6 vulnerable (e.g., the great cheirogale, the red-bellied lemur)

Birds

119 species

3 of which are endangered (e.g., the Madagascar harrier) and 5 vulnerable (e.g., the common falcon, the one-color mestizo)

Reptiles

32 species

1 critically endangered, 1 endangered and 4 vulnerable

Amphibians

30 species

Carnivores

4 species

2 vulnerable

Bats

6 species

2 vulnerable

Other mammal

25 species

Plants

379 species

276 endemic to Madagascar, including 4 endangered and 1 vulnerable species, 10 local endemics including 1 endangered

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