Is Austrocedrus bigger than Madagascar?
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Madagascar Madagascar ( ; Malagasy: "Madagasikara" ), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: "Repoblikan'i Madagasikara" ] ; French: "République de Madagascar" ), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian peninsula around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. The island's diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population and other environmental threats.
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Austrocedrus Austrocedrus is a genus of conifer belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Austrocedrus chilensis, native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and western Argentina from 33°S to 44°S latitude. It is known in its native area as ciprés de la cordillera or cordilleran cypress, and elsewhere by the scientific name as Austrocedrus, or sometimes as Chilean incense-cedar or Chilean cedar. The generic name means "southern cedar".
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Malagasy giant chameleon The Malagasy giant chameleon or Oustalets's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti ) is a very large species of chameleon which is endemic to Madagascar, but also has been introduced near Nairobi in Kenya (though its current status there is unclear).
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Strepsicerotini Where the Boselaphini and Bovini are mostly Asian, members of the Tragelaphini tribe, the spiral-horned antelopes, are found only on the continent of Africa. This group tends to large size, a lighter build, longer necks and considerable sexual dimorphism. Eight of the 10 species are of conservation concern, being classified as lower-risk, conservation dependent, the remaining two, the common eland and the giant eland are secure.
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List of lemur species Lemurs are strepsirrhine primates, all species of which are endemic to Madagascar. They include the smallest primate in the world, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 g , and range up to the size of the indri, which can weigh as much as 9.5 kg . However, recently extinct species grew much larger. As of 2010, five families, 15 genera, and 101 species and subspecies of lemur were formally recognized. Of the 101 species and subspecies, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classified eight as Critically Endangered, 18 as Endangered, 15 as Vulnerable, four as Near Threatened, eight as Least Concern and 41 as Data Deficient; seven were yet to be evaluated. From 2000 through 2008, 39 new species were described and nine other taxa resurrected. By 2014, the number of species and subspecies recognized had increased to 105; of these, the IUCN classified 24 as Critically Endangered, 49 as Endangered, 20 as Vulnerable, three as Near Threatened, three as Least Concern and four as Data Deficient; two were yet to be evaluated.
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Madtsoia Madtsoia is an extinct genus of madtsoiid snakes. It is known from the Eocene (Casamayoran and Itaboraian) of Argentina ("M. bai"), the Paleocene of Brazil ("M. camposi"), the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Spain ("M. laurasiae"), the Late Cretaceous of India ("M. pisdurensis"), and the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Madagascar and the Coniacian of Niger ("M. madagascariensis"). Recovered vertebrae of "M. pisdurensis" are 1.83 cm long and 4.35 cm tall) and pertain to a snake that was approximately 5 m long.
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Austrozephyrus Austrozephyrus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species are found in the Indomalayan realm.
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Acrantophis Acrantophis is a genus of terrestrial boid snakes endemic to the island of Madagascar.
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Stephanoaetus Stephanoaetus is a genus of very large birds of prey from Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Only one of the two known species is extant.
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Indriidae The Indriidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. They are medium- to large-sized lemurs, with only four teeth in the toothcomb instead of the usual six. Indriids, like all lemurs, live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
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Lapparentosaurus Lapparentosaurus is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in Madagascar.
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Xenastrapotherium Xenastrapotherium is an extinct genus of astrapothere, a type of hoofed herbivorous mammal, native to South America, which lived in the Middle to Late Miocene period, typically during the Laventan stage. It is a member of the family Astrapotheriidae in the subfamily Uruguaytheriinae, large astrapotheres, equipped with a trunk-like nose and protruding teeth, similar to the elephants, but their tusks were the canine teeth, not the incisors. "Xenastrapotherium" (named after the Greek word "xenos" "strange" add to the genus "Astrapotherium", "lightning beast") was a genus widely distributed in northern South America, in contrast to other species of astrapotheres which lived in the area of the Southern Cone of the continent. It differed from other astrapotheres by having two lower incisors on each side of the jaw and the tusks have a pronounced longitudinal curvature, although their general shape and size are probably very similar to "Astrapotherium", whose weight would be 900 to 1,500 kilograms, comparable to the current black rhino.
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Anodonthyla pollicaris Anodonthyla pollicaris is a species of microhylid frog. This frog is endemic to Madagascar.
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Oplurus cuvieri Oplurus cuvieri, commonly known as the collared iguanid lizard, collared iguana, or Madagascan collared iguana, is a species of arboreal Malagasy iguana, the largest of six species in the genus "Oplurus".
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Coquerel's giant mouse lemur Coquerel's giant mouse lemur ("Mirza coquereli"), also known as Coquerel's dwarf lemur or the southern giant mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. This species was named after the French entomologist Charles Coquerel. This lemur can be found in parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous forests.
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Big-belly seahorse The big-belly seahorse or pot-bellied seahorse, "Hippocampus abdominalis", is one of the largest seahorse species in the world with a length of up to 35 cm, and is the largest in Australia. Seahorses are members of the Syngnathidae family, and are teleost fishes. They are found in southeast Australia and New Zealand, and are listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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Siamang The siamang ("Symphalangus syndactylus") is an arboreal black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching 1 m in height, and weighing up to 14 kg. The siamang is the only species in the genus Symphalangus.
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Mullerornis Mullerornis is the smaller of the two genera of extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) of Madagascar (the other is "Aepyornis"). Species include "Mullerornis agilis" Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1894, and "M. grandis" Lamberton, 1934. A bone possibly belonging to "Mullerornis" has been radiocarbon dated to about 1260 BP, suggesting that the animal was still extant at the end of the first millennium.
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Wildlife of Madagascar The composition of the wildlife of Madagascar reflects the fact that the island has been isolated for about 88 million years. The prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana separated the Madagascar-Antarctica-India landmass from the Africa-South America landmass around 135 million years ago. Madagascar later split from India about 88 million years ago, allowing plants and animals on the island to evolve in relative isolation.
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Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur The Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur (Phaner electromontis), also known as the Montagne d'Ambre fork-crowned lemur or Tanta, is a small primate, and like the other lemurs, can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The species is named after the Amber Mountain National Park where they are found.
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Austropelor Austropelor is an extinct genus of chigutisaurid temnospondyl from Early Jurassic of Australia. Fossil remains were found at Marburg Sandstone Formation.
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Dryad shrew tenrec The dryad shrew tenrec ("Microgale dryas"), also known as the tree shrew tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is vulnerable to extinction by habitat loss.