Lavasoa-Ambatotsirongorongo Mountains

Lavasoa-Ambatotsirongorongo Mountains are a mountain chain in southern Madagascar. They are composed of three peaks:[1]

  1. Grand Lavasoa (823 meters or 2700 feet)
  2. Petit Lavasoa (617 meters or 2024 feet)
  3. Ambatotsirongorongo (438 meters or 1437 feet)

The Lavasoa dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus lavasoensis), a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate and a species of lemur was discovered in the 21st century. The primate, endemic to three small, isolated patches of forest on the southern slopes of the Lavasoa Mountains was named after the mountain itself.

References

  1. ↑ Andreas Hapke; Tony B. D. Andrianaivo; Mark Gligor; Emilienne Razafimahatratra (2013). "Range Shifts of Mouse Lemurs in South-Eastern Madagascar: Evidence from Mitochondrial Genetic Data". In Judith Masters; Marco Gamba; Fabien Génin. Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology. Springer. pp. 71–77. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4511-1_8. ISBN 978-1-4614-4510-4.

Coordinates: 25°06′00″S 46°46′12″E / 25.100°S 46.770°E / -25.100; 46.770

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