The aforementioned mouse lemur

3^rd November

You may remember Steve Goodman, the lofty expert on all things Madagascar with whom it was my great privilege to talk at length in the plane on our way here. I said at the time that I hoped we would later see the mouse lemur named in his honour. Tonight, on reaching Andasibe, we did indeed see his mouse lemur. Prior to this we saw Ward’s flycatcher-vanga and Crossley’s dwarf lemur.

I have no idea who Ward and Crossley were but I’ve certainly never met either of them on a plane.

New today in Andasibe (or in the case of hamerkop, on the way here)

	Mammals
112	Crossley’s (furry-eared) dwarf lemur	Cheirogaleus crossleyi
113	Goodman’s mouse lemur	Microcebus lehilahytsara
	Birds
970	hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
971	Ward’s flycatcher-vanga	Pseudobias wardi
972	red-tailed vanga	Calicalicus madagascariensis
	Reptiles
61	short-horned chameleon	Calumma brevicornis

2012 Totals

Mammals: 113

Birds: 972

Reptiles: 61

Amphibians: 15

Fish: 12