When there were only three male Mangarahara cichlids (a Madagascan fish) believed to be left, an appeal by London Zoo to find some female companions for them resulted in an additional 18 being discovered, which is about the only encouraging story around.
But Marc Ravalomanana, the former president ousted by Mr Rajoelina and now living in exile in South Africa, is being threatened with arrest as soon as he resets foot on Madagascan soil.
Conservation no-catch schemes such as one run by Blue Ventures, a Madagascan outfit, have proven their value.
It is being investigated on suspicion of knowingly importing illegal Madagascan rosewood.In July the EU also passed a law criminalising the import of illegal timber.
The island of Madagascar is part of the separate Madagascan region.
Africa includes two regions of the zoographic area known as the Paleotropical realm: the Afrotropical region, which comprises the continent south of the Sahara and the southwestern part of Arabia, and the Madagascan region.
In addition, the Madagascan chameleon, F. labordi, has been widely acknowledged as the vertebrate with the shortest life span.
Indridae, also spelled Indriidae, family of arboreal Madagascan primates.
The six Madagascan baobab species feature compact crowns and gray-brown to red trunks that taper from top to bottom or are bottle-shaped to cylindrical.
The series accompanies BBC One's Human Planet, a new anthropological series, and promises everything from Madagascan sea shanties to Alpine yodelling.
It is usually frowned upon for a restaurant to welcome the company of cockroaches, let alone a family of large Madagascan ones.
