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    Out of every ten animal species found on Madagascar, how many are found nowhere else in the world?

    Question #53932. Asked by spacepirate. (Jan 11 05 5:25 PM)


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    		7.5 according to the following extract from http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20madagascar.htm

    Madagascar, due to its isolation from the rest of the world, has tremendous biodiversity and high rates of endemic species: of over 200,000 known species found on Madagascar, about 150,000 exist nowhere else.

    Jan 11 05, 6:25 PM

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