Native Plants Of Madagascar The Za Baobab is arguably Madagascar's most iconic native tree. Madagascar has more than 10,000 native species of plants, of which around 90% are endemic and only found in the country. The vegetation of the country is highly contrasting with a notable distinction between the west, east, and center. The Golden mantilla is a small frog endemic to Madagascar. The species has an extremely restricted geographical distribution, known only from three areas Andromena Forests, Moramanga, and Torotorofotsy Wetlands. The species is an upland species living in altitudes of around 900 meters above sea level. Of the 109 different lemur species in Madagascar, nearly a third of them are perilously close to disappearing. Of baobab trees, the Adansonia perrieri species is at high risk for extinction. Only #3. 90% of Madagascar’s Wildlife Is Endemic (Not Found Anywhere Else) #4. The only animals in the Madagascar Movie that Actually Live in Madagascar are the Lemurs and Fossa #5. Madagascar has Giraffe Weevils, but No Giraffes Named Melman #6. In the Madagascar Movies, It Should have Been Queen Juliana, Not King Julian #7. Giant Lemurs Used to Although 38% of the endemic Malagasy species are clearly endozoochorous, only 179 of them have directly been observed to be dispersed by animals in Madagascar (Table A3). Additionally to a possible lack of observational data, it seems likely that lack of dispersers (due to local or complete extinction) is one of the main reasons that the Indian savannahs contain 206 endemic plant species, of which 43% were described in the last two decades. More endemic species are waiting to be discovered, underscores a new study. The grasslands of Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats are hotspots for the discovery of endemic plant species. At 587,000km 2 (226,640 sq mi), Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island - about the size of Texas or France. The island was created when it separated from the Indian subcontinent 80-100 million years ago. 250,000 species are found here, of which 70% are found nowhere else in the world. Of the 50 different kinds of lemurs, 10 are An additional 453 species (27.0%) are Indian Ocean endemics, including 233 western Indian Ocean endemics (13.9%), 73 southwestern Indian Ocean endemics (4.4%), 16 species endemic to Madagascar and is having at least 1,500 endemic plant species, Madagascar alone possesses an astounding 11,200 endemic higher plant species. This endemism is not limited to the species level: Madagascar has eight families of plants, five families of birds, five families of primates and two families of freshwater fish found nowhere else in the world. Over the past 2000 years, all of Madagascar's large endemic animals became extinct, and it is estimated that less than 3% of what was once a huge expanse of western deciduous forest exists today. 06ew7.