FAQ

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is based on a screenplay by American screenwriter Etan Cohen. It is a sequel to Madagascar (2005).

Madagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, opposite Mozambique. The world's fourth-largest island, it is twice the size of Arizona.

Madagascar is considered part of the continent of Africa but "Africa" in the title refers to the continent of Africa, aka the mainland, where Alex meets his parents. Lions (and zebras, giraffes, hippos, ostriches, etc.) do not exist on the island of Madagascar.

Those are called dik-dik and they are in fact real animals. They stand only about a foot tall and often weigh less than ten pounds; roughly the size of a small Jack Russell terrier. Dik-dik are in the genus Madoqua and are a species of antelope. The four species that comprise the genus live in southern and eastern Africa.