今年唯一被列入名单的哺乳动物是马达加斯加山鼠,一种生活在马达加斯加山区森林里的啮齿动物。
The only mammal added to the list this year was the Eastern Voalavo, a rodent that lives in the mountainous forests of Madagascar.
早在西方科学界对马达加斯加丛林中的这种夜行动物着迷之前,这种栗鼠猴就已经在当地人心中小有名气。
Long before Western science became enthralled with this nocturnal denizen of Madagascar's jungles, the aye-aye had its own reputation with the local people.
岛上90%的植物和70%的动物都是这里独有的,也就是说只能在马达加斯加找到。
Some 90% of the island's plants and about 70% of its animals are endemic, meaning that they are found only in Madagascar.
人类学家和古生物学家一直着迷于马达加斯加的动物。
Anthropologists and paleontologists have always been fascinated by Madagascar's animals.
马达加斯加因其细小动物而著称,那些迷你动物因岛上独特的生态系统而进化成那么小样子。
Madagascar is famous for its tiny creatures, which have evolved that way because of the island's unique ecosystem.
安哥洛卡象龟、蛛网陆龟、辐射陆龟和扁尾陆龟四种陆龟是马达加斯加特有的。如果它们在这里消失,你就只能到动物园才能看到了。
Mr Randriamanampisoa said there four species of tortoise "are endemic to Madagascar, so if they disappear here you will only be able to see them in zoos".
马达加斯加的偷猎者被自然保护人士叫做“陆龟黑手党”,他们正日益猖獗地捕猎这个印度洋岛国上的珍稀爬行动物,使它们濒临灭绝。
Madagascar's poachers, known in conservation circles as "the tortoise Mafia", are increasingly hunting down the Indian Ocean island's reptiles, threatening them with extinction.
这个迷你动物,是枯叶属(变色龙品种的一种),被英国野生动物摄影师威尔·柏拉德-罗卡斯发现于一次在马达加斯加琥珀山公园的探险旅途中。
The miniature creature, from the Brookesia genus, was spotted on an expedition in Amber Mountain Park, Madagascar, by British wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas.
英国野生动物摄影师麦特和威尔柏拉德-罗卡斯,在他们的探险旅途中,于马达加斯加琥珀山公园幸运地发现那只枯叶属变色龙。
British wildlife photographers Matt and Will Burrard-Lucas were lucky to spot the tiny Brookesia during an expedition in Amber Mountain Park, Madagascar.
在过去的11年里,专家在马达加斯加岛发现615种新的动植物物种,其中包括世界上最小的灵长目动物狐猴和一种变色壁虎。
In the last 11 years, experts in Madagascar have found 615 kinds of new plant and animal species, including lemurs, the world's smallest primates, and a kind of colored gecko.
这个物种——象许多其它的狐猴一样,象马达加斯加许多其它动物一样,或者象地球上的许多生物一样——处于频临灭绝和迅速地减少的状态。
The species - like many other lemurs, like many other animals in Madagascar, like so much of life on Earth - is endangered and dwindling fast.
这种小鬼似的动物叫指猴,它是狐猴的一种,生活在马达加斯加岛。
This gremlin - like creature is an Aye - Aye - a type of lemur normally found only in Madagascar.
现实中,中央公园动物园的生活并没有那么优渥,但在动画新片《马达加斯加》中,园中的动物明星们却过着令人惊叹的生活。
Life at the real-life Central Park zoo isn't so rewarding, but in the new animated film Madagascar, it's a wonderful life for the stars of the zoo.
现实中,中央公园动物园的生活并没有那么优渥,但在动画新片《马达加斯加》中,园中的动物明星们却过着令人惊叹的生活。
Life at the real-life Central Park zoo isn't so rewarding, but in the new animated film Madagascar, it's a wonderful life for the stars of the zoo.
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