🇲🇬Animals recorded in Madagascar

Which animals have been recorded in Madagascar? 54,175 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed Bat, Peters's Wrinkle-lipped Bat, black rat.

• 54,175 records
• 1,200+ species
• 56 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed Bat, Peters's Wrinkle-lipped Bat, black rat. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Madagascar

	Animal	Group	Records
	Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed Bat Mops leucostigma	Mammalia Molossidae	1,008
	Peters's Wrinkle-lipped Bat Mormopterus jugularis	Mammalia Molossidae	911
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	703
	Cowan's Shrew Tenrec Microgale cowani	Mammalia Tenrecidae	661
	Madagascan Rousette Rousettus madagascariensis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	495
	Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat Myotis goudotii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	490
	Webb's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus webbi	Mammalia Nesomyidae	396
	Astacoides granulimanus	Malacostraca Parastacidae	388
	Grandidier's Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon leucogaster	Mammalia Molossidae	383
	Madagascar Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon atsinanana	Mammalia Molossidae	295
	Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus griveaudi	Mammalia Miniopteridae	288
	Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec Microgale longicaudata	Mammalia Tenrecidae	265
	Taiva Shrew Tenrec Microgale taiva	Mammalia Tenrecidae	264
	Rufous trident bat Triaenops menamena	Mammalia Rhinonycteridae	264
	Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus tanala	Mammalia Nesomyidae	258
	Island Mouse Nesomys rufus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	248
	Dobson's Shrew Tenrec Microgale dobsoni	Mammalia Tenrecidae	247
	Lesser Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus minor	Mammalia Nesomyidae	241
	Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis	Aves Muscicapidae	239
	Broad-banded Ridged Frog Ptychadena mascareniensis	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	227
	Talazacs shrew tenrec Microgale talazaci	Mammalia Tenrecidae	226
	Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec Microgale brevicaudata	Mammalia Tenrecidae	214
	Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga	Aves Nectariniidae	211
	Long-billed Bernieria Bernieria madagascariensis	Aves Bernieridae	197
	Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata	Aves Monarchidae	195
	Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat Macronycteris commersonii	Mammalia Hipposideridae	192
	Dormouse Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus myoxinus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	189
	Midas Free-tailed Bat Mops midas	Mammalia Molossidae	184
	Major's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus majori	Mammalia Nesomyidae	178
	Manavi Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus manavi	Mammalia Miniopteridae	173
	greater hedgehog tenrec Setifer setosus	Mammalia Tenrecidae	173
	Pygmy Shrew Tenrec Microgale parvula	Mammalia Tenrecidae	163
	Thomas's Shrew Tenrec Microgale thomasi	Mammalia Tenrecidae	158
	Betsileo Madagascar Frog Mantidactylus betsileanus	Amphibia Mantellidae	157
	Glen's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus gleni	Mammalia Miniopteridae	151
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	142
	Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops	Aves Bernieridae	141
	Lowland streaked tenrec Hemicentetes semispinosus	Mammalia Tenrecidae	134
	Oustalet's chameleon Furcifer oustaleti	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	131
	Madagascar Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis	Aves Pycnonotidae	130
	Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec Microgale soricoides	Mammalia Tenrecidae	129
	Anochetus grandidieri	Insecta Formicidae	127
	Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec Microgale principula	Mammalia Tenrecidae	126
	Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda	Aves Vangidae	124
	Mahafaly Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus mahafaliensis	Mammalia Miniopteridae	124
	Grandidier's Trident Bat Paratriaenops auritus	Mammalia Rhinonycteridae	121
	Madagascar Brush-Warbler Nesillas typica	Aves Acrocephalidae	120
	common tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus	Mammalia Tenrecidae	120
	Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec Microgale drouhardi	Mammalia Tenrecidae	116
	Tanindrazanus marginatus	Insecta Reduviidae	110
	Grandidier's Tufted-tailed Rat Eliurus grandidieri	Mammalia Nesomyidae	105
	White-bellied Nesomys Nesomys audeberti	Mammalia Nesomyidae	103
	Major's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus majori	Mammalia Miniopteridae	103
	Mole-like rice tenrec Oryzorictes hova	Mammalia Tenrecidae	102
	Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus	Aves Dicruridae	102
	Aellen's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus aelleni	Mammalia Miniopteridae	102
	Anochetus madagascarensis	Insecta Formicidae	101
	Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis	Aves Ploceidae	101
	Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec Microgale gymnorhyncha	Mammalia Tenrecidae	100
	Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea	Aves Philepittidae	100