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Aye-aye in Madagascar
Where to spot the aye-aye in Madagascar, and how to log the discovery in Catch'Um.
Daubentonia madagascariensis
Finding Aye-aye in Madagascar
Looking for the aye-aye in Madagascar? Start with Andasibe-Mantadia National Park and Kirindy Forest, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.
Several parks and reserves in Madagascar are worth planning around. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Eastern Madagascar); Kirindy Forest (West Madagascar). Use the notes under each spot to match the trip to your route.
Madagascar context: Lemurs in the baobabs, chameleons in the spiny forest, and wildlife found nowhere else on the planet.
In Madagascar, look especially around tropical rainforest, deciduous forest, and coastal forest. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.
Where to spot one
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
Eastern Madagascar
Rainforest reserve where indri lemurs' haunting calls carry for kilometres , and night walks may reveal aye-ayes tapping for grubs.
Kirindy Forest
West Madagascar
Dry deciduous forest, with fossa, giant jumping rats, and aye-ayes foraging after dark.
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