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Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar
Ankarana Special Reserve is located about 108km south of Antsiranana and covers 18,220ha. Ankarana is known for its limestone karst pinnacles called tsingy along with its extensive cave system and network of underground rivers -- some of which contain crocodiles. Dry deciduous forest is found in much of the reserve.
Ankarana may have the highest density of primates of any forest in the world according to Bradt's Madagascar Wildlife. Visitors may encounter the crowned lemur, Sanford's brown lemur, Perrier's black lemur, the northern sportive lemur and dwarf lemurs. A variety of chameleons and leaf-tailed Uroplatus geckos can also be found in the reserve.
Ankarana is a bit off the beaten path. There are no facilities -- plan on camping and packing in your own food.
A sampling of mammal species found at Ankarana:
| Fanaloka or striped | | Fossa fossana |
| Ring-tailed mongoose | | Calidia elegans |
| Fosa | | Cryptoprocta ferox |
| Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur | | Phanerfurdfer electromontis |
| Northern sportive lemur | | Lepilemur septentrionalis |
| Crowned lemur | | Eulemur coronatus |
| Sanford's brown | | Eulemur fulvus sandfordi |
| Commerson's leaf-nosed bat | | Hipposideros commersoni |
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