Berenty Reserve

Berenty Reserve is a small private reserve, near Amboasary Sud, Anosy. It is situated along the Mandrare River, set in the semi-arid spiny forest ecoregion of the far south of Madagascar. For more than three decades the late primatologist Alison Jolly (who started the research at Berenty),^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] other researchers^[5]^[6] and students have visited Berenty to conduct fieldwork on lemurs. The reserve is also a favourite for visitors who want to see some of Madagascar's endemic bird species, which include owls and couas.

The reserve has accommodation in the forest and a set of forest trails to explore. It attracts the most visitors of any Madagascar nature reserve. It is reached after a two-hour drive from Tôlagnaro on the southeast coast.

List of lemur species found in Berenty Reserve^[7]
Viewing time	Species
Daytime	Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) hybrid Eulemur: E. rufifrons x E. collaris (introduced)
Nighttime	White-footed sportive lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) Gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) Reddish-gray mouse lemur (Microcebus griseorufus)

^ Lemur behavior: a Madagascar field study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1964.
^ Mertl-Millhollen, AS; Gustafson, HL; Budnitz, N; Dainis, K; Jolly, A (1979). "Population and territory stability of Lemur catta at Berenty, Madagascar". Folia Primatologica. 31 (1–2): 106–123. doi:10.1159/000155875. PMID 114464.
^ Jolly, A.; et al. (1982). "Population and troop ranges of Lemur catta and Lemur fulvus at Berenty, Madagascar: 1980 census". Folia Primatologica. 39 (1–2): 115–123. doi:10.1159/000156070. PMID 7141348.
^ Jolly, A.; et al. (1982). "Propithecus verreauxi population and ranging at Berenty, Madagascar: 1975 and 1980". Folia Primatologica. 39 (1–2): 124–144. doi:10.1159/000156071. PMID 7141349.
^ Howarth, C.J.; et al. (1986). "Population Ecology of the Ring-tailed Lemur and the White Sifaka at Berenty, 1981". Folia Primatologica. 47 (1): 39–48. doi:10.1159/000156262. PMID 3557229.
^ Wilson, Jane (1995). Lemurs of the Lost World. Impact, London. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-874687-48-1.
^ Mittermeier, R.A.; Louis, E.E.; Richardson, M.; Schwitzer, C.; et al. (2010). Lemurs of Madagascar. Illustrated by S.D. Nash (3rd ed.). Conservation International. p. 640–644. ISBN 978-1-934151-23-5. OCLC 670545286.

[1] Lemur behavior: a Madagascar field study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1964.

[1979_Mertl-Milhollen,Jolly_et_al-2] Mertl-Millhollen, AS; Gustafson, HL; Budnitz, N; Dainis, K; Jolly, A (1979). "Population and territory stability of Lemur catta at Berenty, Madagascar". Folia Primatologica. 31 (1–2): 106–123. doi:10.1159/000155875. PMID 114464.

[1982a_Jolly_et_al-3] Jolly, A.; et al. (1982). "Population and troop ranges of Lemur catta and Lemur fulvus at Berenty, Madagascar: 1980 census". Folia Primatologica. 39 (1–2): 115–123. doi:10.1159/000156070. PMID 7141348.

[1982b_Jolly_et_al-4] Jolly, A.; et al. (1982). "Propithecus verreauxi population and ranging at Berenty, Madagascar: 1975 and 1980". Folia Primatologica. 39 (1–2): 124–144. doi:10.1159/000156071. PMID 7141349.

[1986Howarth,_Wilson_et_al-5] Howarth, C.J.; et al. (1986). "Population Ecology of the Ring-tailed Lemur and the White Sifaka at Berenty, 1981". Folia Primatologica. 47 (1): 39–48. doi:10.1159/000156262. PMID 3557229.

[6] Wilson, Jane (1995). Lemurs of the Lost World. Impact, London. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-874687-48-1.

[LoM3_pp640-644-7] Mittermeier, R.A.; Louis, E.E.; Richardson, M.; Schwitzer, C.; et al. (2010). Lemurs of Madagascar. Illustrated by S.D. Nash (3rd ed.). Conservation International. p. 640–644. ISBN 978-1-934151-23-5. OCLC 670545286.

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