• Source: Andrahomana Cave

The Andrahomana Cave is a complex of sinkholes in Andranobory (Anosy region, near Fort-Dauphin) in south eastern Madagascar.




Megafauna


It is remarkable due to the number of fossils of extinct megafauna of the island. It is where were found, among other animals, fossils of the giant lemur Hadropithecus stenognathus, the pygmy hippo Hippopotamus lemerlei, and the giant land tortoise Aldabrachelys grandidieri.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Andrahomana Cave
• Microgale macpheei
• Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
• Ludwig Lorenz von Liburnau
• Hadropithecus
• Andranombory
• Petter's big-footed mouse
• Pachylemur
• Hypogeomys australis
• Sphaeromimus