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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Sri Lanka, with their respective names in Sinhala also listed. There are 125 mammal species in Sri Lanka , of which one is critically endangered, ten are endangered, ten are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.
Sri Lanka is known to be home to 794 species of Hemipterans. Detailed work of Sri Lankan hemipterans are recorded in the book Catalogue of Hemiptera of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka comprises 74 species in 46 genera and 6 families of aphids within the order Hemiptera. 2 endemic aphid species are found on Sri Lanka
The two living species of chinchilla are Chinchilla chinchilla [1] [2] (formerly known as Chinchilla brevicaudata) and Chinchilla lanigera. C. chinchilla has a shorter tail, a thicker neck and shoulders, and shorter ears than C. lanigera. The former species is currently facing extinction; the latter, though rare, can be found in the wild. [10]
The flora and fauna of Sri Lanka is mostly understudied. [4] Therefore, the number of endemics could be underestimated. All three endemic genera Solisorex, Feroculus and Srilankamys, of Sri Lanka are monotypic. [5] The endemic status of two Sri Lankan shrews has undergone changes as they have been reported in India recently. [1]
In 2013, UNESCO requested to halt the widening of the ancient road linking Lankagama area to Deniyaya along a 1-km jungle patch inside the protected area after a complaint from the Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies of Sri Lanka. The construction was recommenced on August 10, 2020 after prolonged appeals to the Sri Lankan government by ...
It is the government department responsible for maintaining national parks, nature reserves and wildlife in wilderness areas in Sri Lanka. [3] Forest reserves and wilderness areas are maintained by the Department of Forest Conservation. [4] The head of the department is the Director General of Wildlife Conservation, formally known as Warden.
Sanctuaries are a class of protected areas in Sri Lanka and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Sanctuaries are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937 and may be created, amended or abolished by ministerial order. [1]
A. Adelidoria glauca; Adelonychia halyi; Adenomus; Adenomus kandianus; Adenomus kelaartii; Aedes argenteoscutellatus; Ahaetulla nasuta; Ahaetulla pulverulenta