Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| babacoote | a large lemur. [Malagasy babakoto lit. 'father-child'.] |
| foussa fossa | a red-brown catlike viverrid mammal, the largest carnivore of Madagascar. |
| indri indris | a short-tailed lemur of Madagascar. [Malagasy indry! lo! behold!, or indry izy! there he is!, mistaken for the name of the animal, which in Malagasy is babakoto (see BABACOOTE)]. |
| langaha | a colubriform snake of Madagascar; its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade. |
| mangabey mangaby | an Equatorial African monkey with a long tail and muzzle. |
| ouvirandra | the lattice-leaf of Madagascar. |
| rabanna | a Madagascan raffia fabric. |
| raffia raphia | the Raphia palm or its leaf-bast. |
| sifaka | a kind of lemur, long-tailed and black and white, native to Madagascar. |
| talegalla | a genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. [Malagasy taleva, the purple coot, + L. gallus, cock]. |
| tanghin | a Madagascan poison formerly used to test the guilt of someone suspected of a crime. |
| tanrec tenrec | a small insectivore, native to Madagascar. |