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Madagascar, (Republic of Madagascar), is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa, close to Mozambique.
The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth largest island in the world.
It is home to five percent of the world's plant and animal species, more than 80 percent of them endemic to Madagascar.
Most notable are the lemur infraorder of primates, three endemic bird families and six endemic baobab species.
The adjective of Madagascar is Malagasy (pronounced "mal-la-gash".
The main language is Malagasy.
The country's natural balance is severely threatened, because of loss of most of its forest and the extinction of about 15 lemur species out of the previous 45.