Berenty Reserve Explained

Berenty Reserve is a small private reserve, near Amboasary Sud, Anosy. It is situated along the Mandrare River, set in the semi-arid spiny forest ecoregion of the far south of Madagascar. For more than three decades the late primatologist Alison Jolly (who started the research at Berenty),^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} other researchers^{[5] [6]} and students have visited Berenty to conduct fieldwork on lemurs. The reserve is also a favourite for visitors who want to see some of Madagascar's endemic bird species, which include owls and couas.

The reserve has accommodation in the forest and a set of forest trails to explore. It attracts the most visitors of any Madagascar nature reserve. It is reached after a two-hour drive from Tôlagnaro on the southeast coast.

List of lemur species found in Berenty Reserve

Viewing time	Species
Daytime	Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) hybrid Eulemur: E. rufifrons x E. collaris (introduced)
Nighttime	White-footed sportive lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) Gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) Reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus)

See also

• List of national parks of Madagascar
• Madagascar spiny thickets ecoregion

References

• Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Sinclair and Langrand, 1998.

External links

• Berenty Reserve

Notes and References

1. Book: Lemur behavior: a Madagascar field study. 1964. University of Chicago Press. Chicago.
2. Mertl-Millhollen, AS. Gustafson, HL. Budnitz, N. Dainis, K. Jolly, A . 1979 . Population and territory stability of Lemur catta at Berenty, Madagascar . Folia Primatologica . 31 . 1–2. 106–123 . 10.1159/000155875 . 114464.
3. Jolly . A. . 1982 . Population and troop ranges of Lemur catta and Lemur fulvus at Berenty, Madagascar: 1980 census . Folia Primatologica . 39 . 1–2 . 115–123. 10.1159/000156070. 7141348 . etal.
4. Jolly . A. . 1982 . Propithecus verreauxi population and ranging at Berenty, Madagascar: 1975 and 1980 . Folia Primatologica . 39 . 1–2 . 124–144 . etal . 10.1159/000156071. 7141349 .
5. Howarth . C.J. . 1986 . Population Ecology of the Ring-tailed Lemur and the White Sifaka at Berenty, 1981 . Folia Primatologica . 47 . 1 . 39–48 . 10.1159/000156262. etal . 3557229.
6. Book: Wilson, Jane . Lemurs of the Lost World . 1995 . Impact, London . 978-1-874687-48-1 . 216 .