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Mangabe is a 520 hectares (1,300 acres) island national park in Antongil Bay in the north-east of Madagasgar. The island is covered in dense forest, has an altitude of 1,331 metres (4,367 ft) and the annual rainfall is 4,000 millimetres (160 in). There are no permanent settlements on
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The island is covered in dense humid forest and was established as a reserve for the aye-aye which were introduced to the island in the 1960s. They were in danger of extinction, having been hunted, for centuries, by local people who consider them to be a symbol of death and harbinger of evil. They
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sailors from the 16th-century. In the 17th-century the area was invaded by the French who established a trading post. British
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The island has a rich history of trading and piracy and on the west side of the island are rock carvings by
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visited the island searching for the aye-aye, for a radio programme and in one of his lesser known books,
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260:(IUCN). There are a further four species of lemur on the island; the
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complex. It is a tropical rainforest national park for a species of
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354:"Parc National Masoala - Nosy Mangabet"
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68:Location of Nosy Mangabe National Park
172:is a small island reserve located in
158:Madagascar National Parks Association
133:90.47 km (34.93 sq mi)
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160:(ANGAP) in partnership with the
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149:approx. 3000 (in 2005)
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457:"Daubentonia madagascariensis"
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323:List of islands of Madagascar
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942:National parks of Madagascar
876:Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor
278:black-and-white ruffed lemur
198:Daubentonia madagascariensis
534:National Parks and Reserves
312:Shipwreck on the west shore
295:Baron’s climbing rosewood (
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262:eastern woolly lemur
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932:IUCN Category II
886:Mahavavy-Kinkony
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871:Analavelona
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138:Established
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693:Sahamalaza
688:Ranomafana
664:(proposed)
597:Andohahela
538:Madagascar
491:26 October
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329:References
303:vulnerable
254:endangered
182:Madagascar
820:Maningoza
724:Nosy Hara
647:Marolambo
557:Betampona
402:. Arrow.
234:Geography
785:Bemarivo
780:Ankarana
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673:Namoroka
642:Marojejy
617:Bemaraha
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398:(2009).
317:See also
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77:Location
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208:History
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