To avoid climate change-related extinction of the baobab trees endemic to Madagascar (Bell et al., 2015), conservationists must invest more time and resources. In this study, we modeled the current distribution of suitable habitat for baobab species endemic to Madagascar and how climate change may alter this distribution.While all lemur species are on the decline due to a dwindling habitat, some, like the crowned lemurs, are more affected by poaching than others. In July 2016 alone, 62 were poached in the Three-fourths of Madagascar's 860 orchid species are found here alone, as are six of the world's nine baobab species. The island is home to around 170 palm species, three times as many as on all of mainland Africa; 165 of them are endemic. Many native plant species are used as herbal remedies for a variety of afflictions. The land is open to most of the animal species that are found there. One can find over 50 different colorful species of chameleons in Madagascar. Lemurs make up 75% of the total species population in Madagascar. Madagascar’s location is the reason why this nation has such rich and diversified wildlife. Madagascar has many endemic species.
Why Madagascar matters Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world and features some of Earth’s most amazing and diverse life. Isolated for nearly 90 million years, the plants and animals of Madagascar evolved their own unique characteristics, not found elsewhere on the planet. Remarkably, the more than 100 species of lemurs found in Madagascar […]
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