A 2021 TIME magazine report claims a famine on this island was the first in modern history to be caused by global warming alone. This island is home to the destructive tavy (“tay-vee”) method of agriculture. Captain Kidd's ship Adventure Galley was sunk near this larger island, and a “pirate graveyard” is located on the outlying Ile Sainte-Marie. This island is home to vulnerable species such as Meller's Duck and the (*) fossa (“foo-suh”) which may have “rafted” to this island. Lake Alaotra is known as this island's “granary,” for its huge rice paddies. The Merina people are this country's largest ethnic group, which speaks the westernmost Austronesian language: Malagasy. For 10 points, name this Lemur-infested island off the Eastern coast of Africa, governed from Antananarivo. ■END■
ANSWER: Madagascar
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