The Fragmented World of the Mongoose Lemur

The Fragmented World of the Mongoose Lemur is a book about a critically-endangered species; fractured ecosystems; and the global war on nature. In this book, author Michael Stephen Clark reveals the fundamental paradox of the mongoose lemur’s natural history. On Anjouan, the species appears to be thriving while the threatened natural population on Madagascar survives in fragments. These fragments vary considerably in terms of size and protection, but all are subject to alarming rates of habitat destruction. The captive population, itself scattered across the world in various zoos, is also diffuse and disconnected. Fragmentation is, therefore, a fact of life for the mongoose lemur. The Fragmented World of the Mongoose Lemur is a modern natural history that also includes personal memoir and journalistic commentary. It is a book about a species that will only survive the “sixth great extinction” as a viable being if we deem it so.