page_title: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park
section_title: Mammals
hierarchical_section_title: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park / Fauna / Mammals
caption_attribution_description: Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri) in Tsimanampetsootsa National Park, Madagascar, October 2007
context_page_description: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park also spelt Tsimanampetsotse, and known as Tsimanampetsotsa Nature Reserve is a 432 km² national park on the south-west coast of Madagascar in the region Atsimo-Andrefana. The park is 90 kilometres south of Toliara and 950 kilometres south of the capital, Antananarivo. Route Nationales 10 to Faux Cap passes the park and the nearest airport is at Toliara. The national park contains and is named after Lake Tsimanampetsotsa.
context_section_description: Tsimanampetsotsa National Park is the only documented location for the endangered  Grandidier's Mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri), described as new to science in 1986. Five species of lemur are found here - the White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) and the Reddish-gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus griseorufus) are sticktly endemic to the spiny forests of this part of Madagascar. Near-endemic mammals include the Large-eared Tenrec (Geogale aurita), and the Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi).
caption: Grandidier's mongoose(Galidictis grandidieri) in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park
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