
Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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Madagascar is an
island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast
of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the
fourth largest island in the world, and is home to five percent
of the world's plant and animal species (more than 80 percent
of which are indigenous to Madagascar). Most notable are the
lemur infraorder of primates, the carnivorous fossa, three
endemic bird families and six endemic baobab species.
The adjective for Madagascar is Malagasy, and the national
language is the Malagasy language. |