Home  About Madagascar   Maps   People   History   FAQs   Environment  Flora  Wildlife   Birds   Fish   Frogs   Invertebrates   Lemurs   Mammals   Reptiles  Places   Antananarivo  Conservation   ANGAP   Parks   Guides   News  Photos  Media resources  Forum / Discuss  Store  Madagascar Travel  About the site  How to help  Books  Links  Contact Madagascar's Rainforest The Masoala Peninsula houses Madagascar's largest remaining rainforest. At one time, tropical rainforest ran along most of the eastern coast of the island but today much of this has been dimished by agriculture and cattle grazing. A sampling of mammal species found in the rain forest of Madagascar: Brown mouse lemur Microcebus rufus Hairy-eared dwarf lemur Allocebus trichotis Greater dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus major Eastern fork-marked lemur Phanerfurdfer furdfer Weasel sportive lemur Lepilemur mustelinus Small-toothed sportive lemur Lepilemur microdon Eastern grey bamboo lemur Hapalemur griseus griseus Golden bamboo lemur Hapalemur aureus Greater bamboo lemur Hapalemur simus Red-bellied lemur Eulemur rubriventer Common brown lemur Eulemurfulvus fulvus White-fronted brown lemur Eulemur fulvus albifrons Red-fronted brown lemur Eulemurfulvus rufus White-collared brown lemur Eulemur fulvus albocollaris Collared brown lemur Eulemur fulvus collaris Black-and-white ruffed lemur Varecia variegata variegata Red ruffed lemur Varecia variegata rubra Eastern sifaka sifaka laniger Diademed sifaka Propithecus diadema diadema Milne-Edward's sifaka Propithecus diadema edwardsi Silky sifaka Propithecus diadema candidus Indri Indri indri Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis Fanaloka or striped Fossa fossana Falanouc Eupleres goudotii Lowland streaked tenrec Hemicentetes semispinosus Red forest rat Nesomys rufus Lowland red forest rat Nesomys audeberti Madagascar flying fox Pteropus rufus Copyright Rhett Butler 2003