Marotandrano Reserve

The Marotandrano Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Mandritsara, Mahajanga, Madagascar. It is 10 km from Marotandrano and 42 km from Mandritsara.

The reserve covers an area of 42,200 hectares. About 95% of the local population is of the Tsimihety ethnic group.

The reserve is rich in wildlife consisting of a variety of animal species, different mammals, lemurs, amphibians, birds and reptiles. The climate has two season with the warm, humid and rainy from November to March when some of the areas in the reserve will be inaccessible and then the dry and cool from April to September.[1] There are 2 large rivers in the region: Simianona and Sofia. The park is home to 140 species of birds, 12 species of lemurs, carnivorous mammals including cryptoprocta ferro.[2]

The vegetation is mid-altitude, dense, humid evergreen forest, lying at the western limit of such habitat. Trees of Tambourissa, Dalbergia, Onchostemum and Canarium dominate the upper layer, while the mid-stratum is characterized by tree-ferns, bamboo-lianas and palms. On the ridges, the lower vegetation layer is dense and characterized by thick grass clumps.[3]

References
  1. "Tracks4Africa". Tracks4Africa. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  2. "Réserve Spéciale Marotandrano". www.parcs-madagascar.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  3. "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2020-12-25.


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