Beza Mahafaly Reserve

Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve
IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area)
Location of Beza Mahafaly Reserve
Location Southwest Madagascar
Nearest city Toliara
Area 1,433 acres (5.80 km2)
Established 1978
Governing body Parcs Nationaux Madagascar -ANGAP

The Beza Mahafaly Reserve is a nature reserve in Madagascar located 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Betioky Sud. The Reserve also provides training and research opportunities. It consists of a fenced gallery forest, approximately 100 hectares (250 acres), separated by 8 kilometres (5 mi) from a 520-hectare (1,300-acre) gallery of arid spiny forest. The reserve also contains a library and museum which are open to tourists.

Tree species featured in the two galleries include tamarind trees and Madagascar ocotillo, among many others. Animals residing in the galleries include four species of lemurs, four species of tenrecs, 17 species of saurians, 12 species of snakes, two species of tortoises and, in season, the Nile crocodile. There are also over a hundred different species of birds.

List of lemur species found in Beza-Mahafaly Reserve[1]
Viewing time Species
Daytime
Nighttime


References

  1. ^ Mittermeier, R.A.; Louis, E.E.; Richardson, M.; Schwitzer, C.; Langrand, O.; Rylands, A.B.; Hawkins, F.; Rajaobelina, S. et al. (2010). Lemurs of Madagascar. Illustrated by S.D. Nash (3rd ed.). Conservation International. p. 644–646. ISBN 978-1-934151-23-5. 

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